Problem Reports
Dodge Spirit
Report: Failed Distributor Pick Up Plate
Dodge Spirit Problem
Model Years Affected: 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
Engine Affected: 2.5L 4 Cylinder
Average Mileage: 76,250 mi (72,500 mi - 80,000 mi)
Vehicles equipped with a 4 cylinder engine may develop a no start or stalling condition, most commonly caused by a failed distributor pickup plate.
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Report #1Visitor, 1995 Dodge Spirit, 2.5L 4 Cylinder
No start issue due to failed distributor plate. Technicians said electricity was arcing from the cap to the gasket head.
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Report #2larsensor, 1994 Dodge Spirit, 2.5L 4 Cylinder, 80,000 mi
RookieCar repeatedly has distributor hall effect pickup unit that fails. Car will suddenly stop and sometimes an hour or two later will start only to stop again later. When car stops and one checks for spark there is no spark. Replace the pickup and it may go a week or 2 weeks or just a day and it fails again. This is expensive! Is the ignition module part of the ECM? Could bad grounds or a defect in the ECM cause Hall effect pickup failures? Where are the grounds located. The car is used in Maine and the DOT is brainless and spreads this horrid corrosive salt stuff on the road in the winter that causes so much corrosion and with it electrical problems. Cap and rotor are new and plug wires are OK, no excess resistance. Plugs have been regapped. I gave this car to a guy and he has no money and he is bugging me to fix it. I don't have money either. Anyone out there that can help me with it, please, so I can have some peace. Thank you, Soren Larsen
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Report #3Visitor, 1991 Dodge Spirit, 2.5L 4 Cylinder, 72,500 mi
Car runs excellent. However, it started to die at red lights, particularly on warm days. Local shop diagnosed failing distributor pick up plate....being fixed as we speak.
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