# My Van sometime starts and sometime don't

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-van-sometime-starts-and-sometime-dont/53968>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** caravan, van, dodge\
**Created:** [August 22, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-van-sometime-starts-and-sometime-dont/53968 "2010-08-22T17:56:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ash704](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Ash704](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ash704)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-van-sometime-starts-and-sometime-dont/53968/1 "2010-08-22T17:56:18Z")

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Dodge Caravan 1993. 210,000 miles on it.  
  
 Is/Was working fine. 2 days ago did’nt start, 2 click nothing.Lights were dim, horn barely working. Jumped started it with my friends car. Was fine till yesterday. Again same problem. Thought battery might be the problem, Got a new one. Still won’t start. Left it for a few hours and gave it try this morning, the engine turned without any hitch. Turned it off and started again a few times. All seems to be well now. What is wrong ?What might be the problem? Would like you guys to help me out.

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-van-sometime-starts-and-sometime-dont/53968/2 "2010-08-23T16:23:10Z")

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Clean the battery connections using a battery post cleaning brush. If that doesn’t help then make sure the power panel under the hood is getting proper voltage along with checking the battery to chassis grounding.