Originally Posted by prowler

I've got another long shot for you. I made a spare key for my Dodge Caliber last year (at Ace Hardware). Went out to the car and it started using the new key but then died...tried again...car did the same thing. I started to think that maybe the Caliber had a chip in the key to prevent theft. I called the dealer and the service guy told me that I was lucky to stop at two tries, 'cause if I'd tried it again, I'd been locked out from starting and would to have had it towed to a dealer to get it reprogrammed so I could start it again. Anyway, I'm wondering if maybe the Crossfire has the same thing and you're locked out from starting because your fob/car theft interlock switch got messed up while your battery was dead/ then jumped. Have the dealer check your theft deterrent system to see if there is a theft deterrent programming issue. Might be something they haven't looked at.