Hello everyone,
over the weekend I forgot the trunk of my Sebring 2004 LXi open and... found that the battery is dead. Plugged my Jump Start battery, which was half charged and... CD changer started to move de Cds, even though it was OFF ?!? all the lights showing the Cd-in were ON as well as the Eject light (blinking). After about 10 seconds this stopped, but the clock indicator was OFF...? I turned OFF the fan as well. Clock still not showing up. Anyway, I waited for the minute to pass and rtied to start the engine. It turied to turn on once and TRRRRR noise. Ooops! Never heard that before.
I am not a car tech, so I have no idea what is the reason for this noise, but I have jump-started my previous Cirrus '99 and nothing like that happened.
Waited for another minute or so and tried again. Same story - engine tries onse to start and loud TRRRR.
My jump start battery died, but a friend came over so I tried to get power from his vehicle. Now I got Check Engine light and ... only that same noise, but the engine won't try to start any more. Every tiem I try turn the switch ON, after all the test lights on the dashboard are off I got the Check Engine blinking for 10-11 times, and then stays ON.

I checked for DTC with INNOVA 3030, it doesn't shows codes, but it shows that there are some self-diagnostic tests which are not completed: C, EV, O, OH. (yellow light on the INNOVA device and those letters are blinking).

Any help will be appreciated.
Miki

 

You might want to slow charge your battery for several hours (although after 6-7 years it's probably due for replacement) and try again to check for codes. Hopefully you haven't fried all your electronics yet. It may be a good idea to disconnect the car battery from the car for the charge process to reset all the electronics.

 

Thanks for the reply dcotter,
I didin't want to take chances with this 6 years old battrey so I bought a new one, Motomaster Eliminator 875 CCA, 100 min reserve capacity, and my car started as normal. Everythyng is working fine. It looks like the electronics were confused to run or not to run

The new battery showed 12.6 volts.
The old battrey had only 8.8 Volts. No chance to start like that.

 

how long does chrysler battries last? Mine is a summer 2006 car original?

 

Too many variables to say. a properly taken care of battery could last from 6 to 8 years. Some fail far sooner.

 

Most will go about 4 years. Of course there are exceptions. Cars that are NOT daily drivers typically need one sooner. The first big cold snap is a typical time for a battery to go kapoot. Same goes for a crankcase that hasn't been taken care of regularly. (oil changes)