Thanks. It's parked in a place where snow is pretty high so that may be. If I can get the hood open, do you think someone will be able to jump it so I can buy a new battery?

 

Hard to answer that for you, as you did not answer the question specifically of what it's (not) doing. IF you suspect a dead battery in this cold weather, yes a jump may get it started, IF the starter motor was making the engine spin over.

 

my daughter has a 06 with same thing happening my son came over with his diesel ended up hooking both batteries to her pt and got it started..yes he was giving it some gas while trying to start it

 

Im having the same issue 2007 PT CRUISER 2.4l changed starter,ignition switch, battery starter relay still don't crank all lights come on everything else works. any ideas help

 

You may know what you mean to say, but there are 2 very different uses of the word "crank" that many people confuse.Does the starter spin the motor and engine not run, or does the starter not spin the motor at all?

IF NO starter motor function, check the transmission range position sensor, it acts as a neutral/park safety switch. if it or the wiring plug to it are bad, it will prevent the starter motor from working. I had this show up on me with a Caravan once on a Family outing.Luckily for me, I had an idea of what was going on and found a broken wire at the connector to the TRS and was able to patch it together to make the trip home.

 

Hi, a starter has 2 parts. I assume he bi-passed the black cylinder solenoid part and made a direct positive and negative connection with the long screwdriver allowing the starter to get power and start the car. I assumed he replaced the whole starter or just the solenoid part for the $185. This is very good price he is a keeper. Call your dealer and ask how much to replace a starter probably be well over $500.