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Crown Victoria
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Transmission
Car only starts with transmission in neutral
2004 FORD CROWN VICTORIA
17 MILES • 4.6L • V8 • AUTOMATIC
JAVIER RAMIREZ
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Car shuts off power but when you touch the battery clamp it turns on but you can only start car on neutral.
Aug 17, 2018 at 1:35 AM
ASEMASTER6371
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Good afternoon.
The first thing I would do is to clean the battery cables so you have a good connection.
As far as the starting, you may have either a bad park/neutral switch or it is out of adjustment.
Roy
https://www.2carpros.com/articles/everything-goes-dead-when-engine-is-cranked
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Aug 17, 2018 at 9:01 AM
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