My name is Kevin and I am glad to be a part of this group and thank you all for any and all assistance ahead of time!

Recently purchased a 2006 Chrysler Sebring 2.7L as a daily driver for work.
The vehicle has around 78k.

The other day on the way to work the check engine light came on so went by Advance Auto and their scanner showed code PO700 (no other codes appeared along with it).I have done some searching through the forum already as I hate asking something that has already been solved before but did not find anything definitive.
I currently am not seeing and/or feeling any change in driving conditions as of yet, except for one thing - it now takes multiple turns of the key to get the car running instead of the initial one.
This just started and I am wondering if it may be showing this code, not because of the transmission, TCM, or similar, but maybe the battery?
Thanks ahead of time for all any and all assistance again!

 

**Update**

I went and got the battery checked and was 100%. With that said it rules that out as the problem. Also, the Code disappeared after removing the battery and has not popped back up as of yet after driving to work today. The car does, however, have to be turned over multiple times now to get started and seems to be getting worse...maybe starter???

 

Might be clogged fuel injectors or a weak/failing fuel pump. For clogged fuel injectors, toss in a can of fuel injector cleaner. Cheap and easy. Can't hurt, might help. If the fuel pump is going, that's a bigger and more expensive diagnosis and repair. It requires disconnecting the fuel line to put a meter in there to check the fuel pressure. Replacement of the fuel pump, if that is necessary, requires removal of the fuel tank, because the pump is located inside the fuel tank. Try the cleaner trick first.

If the starter spins the engine, then the problem isn't the starter.

P0700 is a code that says that there's another code (or codes) stored in the computer related to the transmission. A more sophisticated code reader is necessary to retrieve the transmission code. Now that it's gone, the other code is gone too. See if it comes back. If it does, get it read before disconnecting the battery to find out what it is.

 

Thank you greatly for the response and I will grab some fuel injector cleaner on the way home and give it a shot.
Now that you mention it, I have only put gas in the car once since buying it and was only around $10 worth and that day is when the issue began...

 

Dcotter0579,

Picked up a bottle of Lucas on the way home and filled up the tank - so far so good! Now starts on the first turn..keeping fingers crossed that's all it was and I appreciate the help again!