300M dies

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NJ Vike

Right in traffic. I was towed yesterday to the dealer. The 2002 300M only
has 7K miles on it.

Initial guess from the dealer is that it can be a cam sensor. What took
place is that I was driving it and it just died right on me. I tried to
start it and it just wouldn't crank over. There didn't seem to be a problem
with the starter or battery. Can it be a cam or crank sensor? Anyone else
come across this.

The dealer says I don't use the car enough. I don't buy that.

Ken
 
I forgot to ask but is towing covered on the standard 7 year 100K warranty?

I'm going to look it up now but I thought someone might know.

The police called the tow truck because I was blocking traffic so I don't
know if there's a certain tow company I have to call.

$85 bucks to tow the vehicle for 5 miles. Unbelievable!

Ken
 
Right in traffic. I was towed yesterday to the dealer. The 2002 300M only
has 7K miles on it.
Festive!

Initial guess from the dealer is that it can be a cam sensor. What took
place is that I was driving it and it just died right on me. I tried to
start it and it just wouldn't crank over. There didn't seem to be a problem
with the starter or battery.
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Well, now, wait a minute. If it "wouldn't crank over", then there
certainly was a problem in the starting system. Did you mean to say it
will crank over but will not *fire*?
The dealer says I don't use the car enough. I don't buy that.
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You're right, that's a crock.

DS
 
The 7/100 is powertrain only. $85 is cheap, you're lucky. Most
towing outfits around here charge $100 just to pick up the
vehicle, mileage is extra @ .50 a mile


mike hunt
 
I picked up a 97 Intrepid with the 3.5 engine a few years back, and before
I'd had it a week, the cam sensor went. But it ended up to not be a just a
bad cam sensor but a bad computer starting to fail, due to infiltration by
water.

Person selling the car took a high pressure hose to the engine bay.

Good luck.

James Linn
 
NJ said:
Right in traffic. I was towed yesterday to the dealer. The 2002 300M only
has 7K miles on it.
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The dealer says I don't use the car enough. I don't buy that.
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And I suppose that your dentist told you that you're not chewing
enough? That's some great logic.
 
NJ said:
I forgot to ask but is towing covered on the standard 7 year 100K
warranty?
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You should have called the 1-800 number on front cover of the owners
manual.

Yes, chrysler pays for the tow if you use the service that's part of
the initial waranty. I was a few weeks and a few thousand miles shy
of my 3 year waranty expiring when my tranny sensor died. Called for
a tow, chrysler paid (even though I know now that I could have driven
it to the dealer without fear).
 
Yes. In these newsgroups a lot of dealer BS is highlighted and I would say
this just about takes the cake (or is that cr@@?).

DAS
 
Cam sensor replaced.

Drove off the lot about a mile before the engine light came on. Noticed that
the speedometer didn't work. Went back and he neglected to set the computer
again. Specifically, the tire pressure monitoring system and one other thing
or at least that was what I was told.
 
NJ Vike said:
I forgot to ask but is towing covered on the standard 7 year 100K warranty?

I'm going to look it up now but I thought someone might know.

The police called the tow truck because I was blocking traffic so I don't
know if there's a certain tow company I have to call.
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The police officers must inform you that you must move your vehicle
and give you the chance to arrainge your own tow. They cannot just
call whatever towing company unless you are incapacitated, etc.

Unfortunately, although people deny that it happens, in a number of
places towing companies give kickbacks to local police for tow
calls. Every once in a while some cub reporter somewhere gets a
lead and a scandal erupts followed by the usual rapid sweeping under
the rug of the problem.
$85 bucks to tow the vehicle for 5 miles. Unbelievable!
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This is why people get AAA.

I've had to have towing done before and if you call around it is
unbelievable how much prices will vary among towing companies.
Towing is one of those scummy businesses that price gougers
operate in. Many of those tow companies are little more than
operations that make their money by towing cars to their
impound lot and then setting up conditions that make it nearly
impossible to get your car out of the lot so they can then keep
your car and sell it.

A favorite trick is
towing cars on Friday then they wait until 4:45pm to call you
and tell you where your car is, then they do not take anything
other than cash to get the car out of the lot. Of course by then
it's too late to get the $300 from the bank for the tow fee plus
impound storage fee, and the places are of course never open
ove the weekend, but charge $50 or more a day for lot fees.

Ted
 
NJ Vike said:
Thanks for the comments. I always thought about AAA but have been very
fortunate with my cars. The last time I had to have a car towed was in 1984
so I guess I saved money in the long run.
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I don't carry AAA but my wife does. Where the real value of AAA is, is
when you have a family member who is easily rattled and is NOT mechanical.
(my wife) This way if she comes out of the store and has left her lights
on,
she just calls them and they come out and get her car started for her,
without
her having to try to get someone to give her a jump, etc.

She's crossed jumper cables before and burned an alternator and half a
battery
terminal, and now that she is hauling around kids, she wouldn't leave the
kids to
go get help anyway. And I don't want some good samaratian fooling around
under her
car's hood and really screwing things up. And of course the gremlins that
make
her car break down have a knack of knowing exactly when I'm stuck in a
meeting or at a remote site or are otherwise unavailable at work to referee
her
car problem, and they make sure it breaks down then.

Ted

With me, if my car breaks down I have no problem with pulling off the road
and
calling a
 
NJ said:
Right in traffic. I was towed yesterday to the dealer. The 2002 300M only
has 7K miles on it.

Initial guess from the dealer is that it can be a cam sensor. What took
place is that I was driving it and it just died right on me. I tried to
start it and it just wouldn't crank over. There didn't seem to be a problem
with the starter or battery. Can it be a cam or crank sensor? Anyone else
come across this.

The dealer says I don't use the car enough. I don't buy that.
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I would ask the dealer to identify the section of the factory service manual
where it lists this as a possible cause for the symptom.
 
Ted said:
The police officers must inform you that you must move your vehicle
and give you the chance to arrainge your own tow. They cannot just
call whatever towing company unless you are incapacitated, etc.

Unfortunately, although people deny that it happens, in a number of
places towing companies give kickbacks to local police for tow
calls. Every once in a while some cub reporter somewhere gets a
lead and a scandal erupts followed by the usual rapid sweeping under
the rug of the problem.
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That is not true in all places. A lot of freeways (especially toll freeways)
have "Road Service by Permit Only". On these roads one company (possibly
several if there is enough work or they split time slots) handles all towing,
so you cannot call your own tow truck.

However, AAA will reimburse you for such tows, up to the amount that they would
reimburse an AAA dispatched tow. I am not sure if the Chrysler roadside
assistance will also reimburse, but my guess is they probably would too.
 
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