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Old 09-17-2016 | 09:25 AM
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I just hit a pot hole this past weekend and I lost all power to my JK. when I finally lost momentum and pulled to the right I placed the jeep in park and tried restarting but it would not crank or start, nothing. Now I have power but it does not crank or evern click. has this happened to anyone else here. if it has please help as I tried trouble shooting and cannot figure it out.
Old 09-17-2016 | 05:14 PM
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How old is your battery? Same thing happened to me a few months ago as I came off of the trail and aired up my tires. I then turned off my Jeep and wouldnt even crank or nothing. Mine had some power, enough to turn on the dash light but nothing else. A new battery did the trick for me.
Old 09-17-2016 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by mhockey9090
How old is your battery? Same thing happened to me a few months ago as I came off of the trail and aired up my tires. I then turned off my Jeep and wouldnt even crank or nothing. Mine had some power, enough to turn on the dash light but nothing else. A new battery did the trick for me.

I have a dual battery system and my lights radio everything goes on except nothing happens when I turn the key. I m thinking it might be the starter or something came loose when I hit the pot hole.
Old 09-18-2016 | 04:17 AM
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Have you checked you battery. My cables got loose at the battery after wheeling on time. Same thing happened. I guess hitting pothole would shift it just enough to kill the engine. Tighten up battery and it was all good
Old 09-18-2016 | 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by fultonromero12
Have you checked you battery. My cables got loose at the battery after wheeling on time. Same thing happened. I guess hitting pothole would shift it just enough to kill the engine. Tighten up battery and it was all good


I did check the batteries and made sure they were tight. they were both tight. what is funny is that the lights come on strong , radio and everything else it just will not crank. even when I arc the starter you can here it spin but it does not engage with the flywheel.
I think its supposed to jump up and engage the flywheel to spin and start the engine?
Old 09-21-2016 | 06:38 PM
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i just replaced the starter and nothing happened. I'm frustrated. is there anyone out there that this has happened to. please help.
Old 09-22-2016 | 02:18 AM
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I'm not sure this is your exact problem, but a friend of mine was in an accident and afterward his Jeep would not start. Turned out to be fuse in TIPM blew during accident. Sorry, I don't know which one, but suggest checking them before paying for any more parts.
Old 09-25-2016 | 06:23 PM
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Put a NEW battery in your Jeep and see if that fixes it. If not, bring the battery back and get your money back. Like I said, the same stuff was happening with mine. The battery had enough juice to power some things, just not enough to even crank over the Jeep. My buddy has a Dodge 2500 with dual batteries. This literally just happened to him 2 weeks ago. His fix was a new battery as well.
Old 09-27-2016 | 02:37 PM
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replaced batteries and still nothing. i need help guys I'm sure this has happened to at least a handful of jeep owners. i was told to check the NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH. Does anyone know where it is at on a 07 jeep jk.

thanks
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Also fuses or starter relay ? Those are simple checks and fixes.

I don't know if the link below will help.

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-w...rite-up-47256/




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