I'm having a problem with my Crossfire that will not go away. If I park my Crossfire on an incline like going up into a garage 20 min later the entire battery will be drained. I have check and no lights are being left on anywhere. If I park the car on flat ground there is no problem at all. I can be driving and 30% of the time when I stop at a red light the car will start to shut down like its misfiring rpms will go from 600 to 1000 down to 200 back up to 700 then shut down. I've taken it to Chrysler and the Crossfire trained tech and he says he can't find anything wrong with the car. Any help would be great!!!

Thanks

 

Sounds to me like an ECM perhaps, or something with the alternator. The reason I say that if this happens the majority of the time on an incline, but not on the flat, then something is loose, falling backwards and making contact somewhere to ground itself as if it were still running. Try parking it backward on the incline and see what happens The red light deal is more something to do with the continual electric circuit in a standard running auto. Intermittent, but there probably is a common denominator for WHEN it happens. but maybe not. Chrysler had an issue in the 80's where you're motoring along and it would do something like this at the MOST inopportune times, like coming off a ramp, or thru an intersection, and it would just die. I really don't remember what exactly it was, but it would do the same.

As far as the red light goes, you may want to swap a MAF sensor. I had a Buick that didjust that as you describe, on a regular basis and it was ALWAYS the MAF. Good luck. They can drive you crazy

 

This isn;t the Crossifre's issue, but the Chrysler problem from the 80s that you reference was with the balast resistor, if I remember correctly. Maybe it was the 70s.

 

Yes John, that's what it was now that I recall. It was the 80's because my Dad's Reliant wagon 81 had that issue. Drove folks crazy trying to figure it out is what I recall. and yeah, I know that it wasn't this issue, just mentioning that it was the same type of electrical running issue mainly.

 

I guess the first thing that I would do in this member's situation is to connect up a code scanner and check for anything untoward. Alternatively, I've read on the forum that some members have experienced ECM problmes due to poor electrical soldering. I'd be buying one of the ECMs from that guy who is parting out two Crossfires elsewhere on the forum (if he'd sell at a reaonsable price) and then make the swap out.

 

Park the car on an incline, disconnect the negative battery terminal and measure the drain on the battery with a digital multi-meter. maximum reading should be 50 mA, any more may be causing the problem.
Then with the meter still attached start pulling fuses.
If you cannot find your solution that way come back and we will think about it again.

 

Having met 180 at Norm's this past Christmas and his sage advice in this forum, I'd have to say that he could have been the Canadian stand in for the Ken Mattingly character in Apollo 13 !!!

 

Have the battery tested. It is probably shot or low on water.

 

What year is the Crossfire? And has the battery been replaced? These little queens are very......very touchy about their batteries. I'd start there. The description of the problem sounds like a loose plate in the battery. Did I say that they are extremely sensitive about their batteries?

Good luck and let us know what you find or have questions about.

Xfirepop

 

Its a 2004 Crossfire Limited and I just replaced the battery 6 months ago. That was my first guess so I pulled it out and had it tested and the battery is good. I also had the alternator replaced by the dealer about a year ago at the tune of $1,400. I will def try parking on the incline disconnecting the negative terminal and attaching the meter to test.