Shut off while driving, now it cranks but does not start

2005 DODGE STRATUS
93,000 MILES • 2.4L • AUTOMATIC
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LANEDALTIN
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So, I have been driving my car all day yesterday and it did not give me any problem at all whenever I got home, but I hour later I went to the store on the way there as I'm driving eventually my car just stops while it's driving like it loses power and it just shuts down. The battery is still good because all the lights and everything works, I can still see it. When I turn the key over the car acts like it wants to start and it makes the noise that I call usually makes while you are starting up the engine, but it won't. A few weeks ago I had the alternator rebuilt and a new battery put in it I had noticed the fellow that had it before me dropped a few drop the fuse into the department under the hood and he got it out by the driver the driver tire he had to cut a spice into the under panel and accidentally nipped the positive wire. Not sure if it was really enough to hurt it. I have been having problems with this car it, has 94000 miles on it, it's almost new.
Jul 5, 2022 at 6:42 PM
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STRAILER
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It sounds like it could be a timing belt, fuel pump or crankshaft angle sensor. I can tell if it is the timing belt if you upload a short video of the engine cranking over. If you turn the key on without cranking the engine over, can you hear the fuel pump in the tank? Also, we need to check for spark this video will show you how.

https://youtu.be/baq_aEWNQ0Y

This guide can help as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/car-not-running-advanced

Here is the location of the crankshaft angle sensor. Also, we should run the codes to see what comes up.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Check out the diagrams (below). Let us know what happens and please upload pictures or videos of the problem.

Jul 6, 2022 at 12:43 PM
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LANEDALTIN
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Update: I had the guy that fixed my alternator come over and look at it. I thought it was the alternator going bad again and they didn't do a good job. He sprayed starting fluid into the tube, and we got it too crank and it has been cranking ever since. The fuel pump will come on, but he told me that it wasn't getting gas.
Jul 6, 2022 at 1:07 PM
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STRAILER
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So, when you say crank do you mean the engine is running or cranking over?
Jul 8, 2022 at 8:36 AM
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LANEDALTIN
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Yes, it runs now.
Jul 8, 2022 at 10:28 AM
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STRAILER
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If the crankshaft angle sensor is going bad it will shut off the fuel to the engine which is common, the trouble is when the sensor is going bad it may not give us a trouble code.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Here is the location of the crankshaft sensor so you can check it out. Check out the diagrams (below). Please let us know what happens.




Jul 9, 2022 at 5:18 AM
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