Loss of power, key stuck, shifter stuck

derekkomatich · Nov 24, 2022

This morning going through the drive thru getting my coffee for work and my engine light comes on, display message says to service air bags, windshield wipers turn on by themselves and headlights turn off.

I pulled into a parking space and tried to park, the stereo stayed on, all the lights on the shifter illuminated and the key was stuck in the ignition.

I pulled the battery cable and was able to get the key out, but then no crank no start.

This is within a few days of command start being installed and I'm thinking something electrical shorted?

Any ideas?

Dodge trucker · Nov 24, 2022

It's possessed

Jeepwalker · Nov 24, 2022

Take your battery to a parts store and get it load tested. Even if it's pretty new. These are somewhat common symptoms of a failed battery or terrible battery connections ...or bad ground. It does make these truck's appear possessed. Seen it in mine too. Best of luck. Let us know what it turns out to be.

Socalramfan · Nov 24, 2022

derekkomatich said:
This morning going through the drive thru getting my coffee for work and my engine light comes on, display message says to service air bags, windshield wipers turn on by themselves and headlights turn off.

I pulled into a parking space and tried to park, the stereo stayed on, all the lights on the shifter illuminated and the key was stuck in the ignition.

I pulled the battery cable and was able to get the key out, but then no crank no start.

This is within a few days of command start being installed and I'm thinking something electrical shorted?

Any ideas?

Who installed it? I’d be reaching out to them :waytogo:

if it’s you, I’d go back over the install and recheck all connections.

Daw14 · Nov 25, 2022

Have your battery Load Tested. These are common symptoms of a bad battery.

derekkomatich · Nov 25, 2022

Jeepwalker said:
Take your battery to a parts store and get it load tested. Even if it's pretty new. These are somewhat common symptoms of a failed battery or terrible battery connections ...or bad ground. It does make these truck's appear possessed. Seen it in mine too. Best of luck. Let us know what it turns out to be.

Thanks, will try that tomorrow, right now I'm trying the tipm reset, however, when I had a battery charger on the battery, interior lights did not work, when I took the charger odd, interior lights worked so yes, May be something with the battery

Dean2 · Nov 26, 2022

Check connections at the battery as well as all the ground connections you can find. Remove, clean, reinstall. Between that and the battery my bet is your problem will get solved.

derekkomatich · Nov 26, 2022

Jeepwalker said:
Take your battery to a parts store and get it load tested. Even if it's pretty new. These are somewhat common symptoms of a failed battery or terrible battery connections ...or bad ground. It does make these truck's appear possessed. Seen it in mine too. Best of luck. Let us know what it turns out to be.

Thanks, I bought a brand new battery and still.no luck, no crank now. I have no idea what could be wrong. I did a tipm hard reset and installed a brand new battery. Still shifter is stuck, no crank, no acc

Dean2 · Nov 26, 2022

If you cleaned all the connections and checked all your fuses/relays take your voltmeter and start checking how far into the system you have voltage. Should not be too hard to tell where the power ends.

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