Car turns over but wont start

Have you read the diagnostic fault codes? Do you have the single or dual cam engine?

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The clue is in the diagnostic fault codes. Chrysler makes reading them yourself real easy. Cycle the ignition switch from "off" to "run" three times within five seconds without cranking the engine, leave it in "run", then watch the numbers show up in the odometer display.

If you get a code for " cam and crank sync", start by checking the timing belt to see if it has jumped two or more teeth. At one tooth off, the Engine Computer will turn on the Check Engine light and set that code. At two teeth off, the computer will shut the engine down to protect the valves. The classic symptom for that is spark at only one or two spark plugs.

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Renee
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Happy you found it, but there's more to the story. You should have had a fault code for "cam and crank sync". You have a digital odometer display. That's where the code numbers show up.

The rest of the story is when the same code and symptoms show up, and the timing belt and marks are okay, it is common for the dowel pin to shear between the camshaft sprocket and the camshaft, then the sprocket rotates on the camshaft over time until the camshaft is late the equivalent of two teeth. All that's needed is to replace that pin. This only applies to the single-cam engine.