2004 Chrysler Pacifica won't start

To all Chrysler Pacifica owners, I was having the same problem. Istarted with the obvious: battery, alternator starter etc. After everything checked out fine my mechanic was going to refer me to an auto electric specialist. Thank god for the computer age! Someone on this site with similar problems discovered that it was a faulty ground from the engine to the transmission. All my mechanic had to do was replace a $16 ground wire from the battery to exhaust manifold. My wife's car has been fine ever since!

First thing is to make sure the battery is charged, A battery with one bad cell will turn on the lights but won't start the car, Same thing happened to my 67 gto I jumped it once then it died, So I went to Napa Auto parts and bought a new battery and now it starts every time, Start with a fresh battery then if it still dosn't crank its probably the starter.

Parts mechanics are funny. They always think that throwing batteries and starters and alternators will solve their laziness problem. You should have learned everything you needed to know to diagnose an automobile in high school physics. Don't just check the voltage of the battery just sitting there, check it with the key turned over (this is called "load") and always... always check your connections, the battery might say 650 amps but it won't push that through an inch of corrosion! A little bit of brain will save you a lot of dough!

Did your wife open the doors with the car key or the remote. My 04 died on me and i could not( WOULD NOT )start. Called Triple A and was having the car towed when the tow truck driver asked me to unlock the wheel and i turn the car over by misstake and it started right up.long story short my little girl went to the car and bypass the alarm by using the key the the auto theft kick in.The car would not start tell i reset the alarm by locking it and opening it us the key alarm try that

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Who ever comes across this problem again. Get some jumper cables and connect the negative of one end to the negative on the battery, then connect the other negative end of the jumper cable directly to the the engine somewhere metal (there is a ground wire braid between engine and radiator fan. Your car will probably start now. If it does start there is a broken ground wire on the back of the transmission behind the left front tire, there is a big bolt that should have a terminal lug on it. This usually breaks if your upper motor mount is broken allowing the engine to rock back and forth. Sorry if this has been discussed already, just wanted to help someone with something I found.

I am having this issue. 2005 Chrysler pacifica. Replaced battery, lights come on in the ceiling and on the door but won't start. No lights in the dash, no click, no nothing. Have the vaguest idea what is wrong. Had no problems before til now. What's wrong?

I. Have. Change. My. Fuel. Pump. Crank. Shaft. And. Sensor. In. My. 2005. Pacific. And it. Turn. But. Want. Start. The. Gas. Not. Get. Through. What. Else. Can. Be. The. Problem

Thank you, thank you, thank you very much. My wives grocery hauler Pacifica broke a mount then stalled. All the indicator lights showed it had power. I was stumped till I came here. You gave me the answer to solve the problem. Put the ground wire in and it fired right up. I was thinking key fob, computer and everything else. I guess it would be safe to say with the Pacifica that if you break a motor mount then you break the ground and it won't start.

Several replies lean toward a broken ground between motor and transmission with some writers cautioning of ground wires broken from engine rocking after a broken motor mount. Many here suggest installing a ground wire corrected their trouble, I have also seen this same information other places online. My thoughts and questions... If the problem is a ground wire from motor to transmission where should you try connecting one cable of your jumper cable? Between battery negative and engine or battery negative and transmission? Isn't the engine and transmission always grounded together? When the transmission is bolted to the engine grounds between the engine and transmission are established at every bolt and other places metal from the two meet each other. Looking at my Pacifica (2004) the ground wire coming from the battery goes directly into the wiring harness. Is this implying my wire harness has broken ground wires it the harness? If this is true it makes me wonder if this might be WHY OUR CAR SOMETIMES UP AND DOWN SHIFTS VERY HARD WHEN SLOWLY INCREASING OR DECREASING SPEED TRAVELING BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH, especially when adjusting speeds between speed bumps? (note: some signals to the autos various processors are said to travel along the ground circuit(s). Could this be a signal to shift problem on the one of those ground circuits caused by faulty ground resulting from a broken wire caused by an engine mount failure?) Maybe you can shed some light on these thoughts and questions. I am simply trying to understand this better and am not criticizing anyone's post. I value everyone's input !