This starter in this van is energized by a small relay in the power box under the hood. The computer checks with the transmission to make sure it's in neutral or park before it grounds the control coil in the relay. First check the fuse to the starter relay. If that's good and you know how to do diagnostics, yank the relay and check for ground on the control coil while someone turns the key to start. If there's no ground, then you can suspect a neutral switch problem.
HOWEVER, these vans are known for corrosion inside the Integrated Power Module under the hood. And once they start corroding, they're toast. You have to replace the entire IPM.
The starter probably went bad.
I doubt its the nuetral safety switch
Doesnt take much power to turn on the lights, sure it isnt the battery or cableS?
The van is a 2003 Chrysler mini-van, six cylinder. The car drove fine this morning, hasn't quit before, but we turned if off this afternoon and went to start it again about an hour and a half later and it was completely dead, not a sound. After about twenty minutes of trying it started a few times and then quit again. I've got no idea at this point what's going on. Seems not to be the engine, and the battery is fine because all the lights and the radio still work, any ideas?
