I have a 2004 limited coupe and it's never failed to start up for me. I just got a new battery and last night I went to start it up and the key wouldn't unlock the car. I manually unlocked it and tried to start it and the car turned on, but wouldn't start. The engine wouldn't even try to roll over and when I turn the key to run it makes a whining noise. I replaced the battery on the key and tried the fob reset I saw in a different post here and nothing worked. I tried jumping and got the same result. At this point I can't call AAA because all they're able to do is tow the car. No Chrysler dealerships in my area will even talk to me never mind take a look at the car. Has anyone experienced this or have any idea how to troubleshoot it? I found a dealership an hour away that's willing to look at it with no guarantee of even working on it and I'd rather not pay $200 to tow the car there without even knowing if they can fix it or how exorbitantly they plan to charge me for fixing it (they said it would cost $200 just to look at it without doing any work on it) please help!

 

Your symptoms sound like an RCM problem.
Send it to tighed1 and have it repaired.
Send him an email at tighed1@hotmail.com

 

 

You said the engine doesn't even try to roll over, that is NOT the SKREEM or the CPS sensor, it IS the RCM symptoms.
( but then, with a non-standard ignition setup, all bets are off )

 

Jury-rigged? Can you please give a complete description of what you mean.