Colin Davidson
Second Unit
- Joined
- Jan 6, 1999
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- 409
I am hoping that one of my fellow HTF'ers can provide some insights to a car problem I am having.
I have a 2000 Dodge Neon with auto trans. On Saturday I pulled into the driveway after running some errands and when I tried to turn off the car it just kept running. I was even able to remove the key from the ignition and the car just kept idling. I also noticed that the radio was still on and the gauges were still working. I also found that the transmission was locked in park and I could not get it into gear whether the key was in the ignition or not. I finally had to remove the positive battery connection to get the car to stop running. BTW it continued to idle for about 15 - 30 seconds after the battery was disconnected.
The car was taken to the dealership on Monday and to this day they cannot figure out what is causing the problem. They indicated that they even disconnected the ignition harness (a connection between the ignition key/switch and the engine) and the car still continues to run. They are now talking about replacing one piece at a time to see if that fixes it and this has me very nervous. I do not want to pay to have my electrical system rebuilt piece by piece.
Any help in resolving this would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Colin
I have a 2000 Dodge Neon with auto trans. On Saturday I pulled into the driveway after running some errands and when I tried to turn off the car it just kept running. I was even able to remove the key from the ignition and the car just kept idling. I also noticed that the radio was still on and the gauges were still working. I also found that the transmission was locked in park and I could not get it into gear whether the key was in the ignition or not. I finally had to remove the positive battery connection to get the car to stop running. BTW it continued to idle for about 15 - 30 seconds after the battery was disconnected.
The car was taken to the dealership on Monday and to this day they cannot figure out what is causing the problem. They indicated that they even disconnected the ignition harness (a connection between the ignition key/switch and the engine) and the car still continues to run. They are now talking about replacing one piece at a time to see if that fixes it and this has me very nervous. I do not want to pay to have my electrical system rebuilt piece by piece.
Any help in resolving this would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Colin