Hello, When I bought my 1992 Jeep Cherokee Laredo, I was told that sometimes it started in Park and sometimes it didn’t. Anyways, it was fine, I just changed it to Neutral when this happened. However, I was coming out of class yesterday and my jeep wouldnt start in Park OR Neutral. Someone helped me and eventually I got it started in Neutral (now won’t start in Park at all). I am worrying that it may not start again in either of the gears.
I know why it wouldn’t start in Park, because of the switch, but why would it not start in Neutral also?
Also, I just got a new battery about two weeks ago. All the fluids in the car are fine as well
It’s the same park/neutral safety switch: http://www.autozone.com/N,16400218/shopping/partTypeResultSet.htm It could just be linkage adjustment.
That switch is called the Park/Neutral Safety switch. Which means it only allows the engine start if the transmission is in park or neutral. It sounds like P/N safety switch requires replacement.
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Also, the cables that connect from the car to the car battery itself have calcium build up around the bolts and the area around the bolts are really dirty/grimy looking; could that affect the car’s ability to start??
Yes. Disconnect and file, or scrape, or wire brush, the corrosion off the cable ends and the battery terminals…