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Mysterious starting issue

J

jammy

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Hi: 1999 GP, original owner.
My wife called and said the car wouldn't start. It was completely dead, no accessories, no ignition. The key could not be removed from the lock.

I pulled out the jumper cables, but as I was about to attach the black clamp to the chassis, I jiggled one of the cable harnesses under the fuse panel next to the battery and I heard the door chime!

I asked her to try and start the car and it started right up!

Jiggled the cable some more and the car wouldn't start. After a while and more jiggling, it started again.

Obviously a loose wire behind the fuse block ... but which one? The ignition relay and the main ignition fuse are on the RHS of the block, second sub-block from the bottom. Does anyone have a wiring diagram that shows which wire could be causing this type of symptom - the key is in the on position, but the car behaves like it's off???

Thanks.
 


Had that happen to me one day in the GT, it was loose big red wire under the nut at the + jumpstart terminal on top of the "electrical center". Like you, I wiggled stuff then aha!
 
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