1998 Dodge Intrepid wont stay charged

1998 DODGE INTREPID
103,000 MILES • 6 CYL • AWD • AUTOMATIC
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NRUIZ64
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Ok it all started the car wouln't start so my husband thought it might be the battery, so we replaced that. Then it still wouldn't turn on so we took the alternator in and it tested bad so we bought a new one. So it still didn't turn on then we realized my husband had the cables to the battery crossed. So he put them correctly but now the car still doesn't turn on. When you jump start the car it turns on but once you take off the jumper cables the car just dies after a couple of minutes. I think the longest it lasted on was like ten minutes.
May 14, 2009 at 12:10 AM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

You will need to run a scan and check for any fault codes, you may have damage some electrical system with the short out.

Mark (mhpautos)
May 14, 2009 at 12:17 AM