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    D2designs.com is offline LX Newbie
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    Anyone have problems starting their Magnums?

    This has happen twice since I picked up my Magnum RT last week.
    I go to start the car and it just cranks. It takes about 5 times of trying to start the car and then it finally starts. Just trying to figure out why it may have done this.

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    Fred is offline LX Guru
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    I had one instance of this, it was a hot restart after sitting for 5 minutes... It took a good 10 seconds of cranking before it caught.


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    kentc1978 is offline I miss my Maggie

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    I've never had problems like this, but maybe its a bad battery??
    I miss my Maggie

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    D2designs.com is offline LX Newbie
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    I'm wondering if maybe it is the battery. Because when I have my headlights on, they dim up and down a lot more than any other car that I've owned. Does anyone else notice their lights dimming up and down a lot?

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    schwarz633 is offline LX Newbie
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    No starting problems, but ......

    When I pull INTO the garage, it does sometimes seem like the headlight intensity is raising and lowering. I'm assuming that the automatic temperature control engages the AC periodically. Could it possibly be the electrical LOAD of the AC compressor clutch causing the dimming?

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    Bob W is offline LX Newbie
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    My RT starts right off. I would CHECK the ground FROM the negative battery cable to the chassis as some have reported this as reading several ohms when it should read zero ohms (paint between the cable terminal and the car body chassis). This would cause the poor starting and headlights brightness changing problems.
    2005 Dodge Magnum RT.
    1958 Dodge Coronet 2DHT.
    1957 Chrysler 300C 2DHT.
    1957 Desoto Fireflite 2DHT.
    1957 Chrysler Winsor 2DHT.
    1960 Desoto FireFlite 2DHT.
    1958 Desoto Firedome 2DHT.

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