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I agree, and posted to the OP that they should check into the VVT solenoids(intake and exhaust) in his other topic relating to the brake codes. Due to the pictures of the HIGHLY SLUDGED cylinder head/valvetrain area of pictures he had posted about possible timing chain. At least pull them out and TRY cleaning them with spray carb cleaner or brake cleaner spray.

Welcome to the forum! ALL vehicles of the Dodge family with remote start incorporate this resisterwhich provides a small electrical signal to the various modules to tell which position the switch is in. for circuit /module protection and such. I would NOT attempt using anything other than the specific required resistor or more preferred hood safety switch which is also the same switch used in the Caravan/ Town&Country vans.

not just an issue of pads and rotors, but that caliper slide pins are "free" and not seized. And also that rear calipers are also in good "order". BTW.....WHAT was the cause/fix to the crank/no start/timing chain issue????? many folks gave their time and suggestions to try and assist you, it would be nice to find out what was going on.

Your BEST way to find the cause is to have a full system scan done(one that can read more than just basic OBDll engine codes). Good scanners can pull "history" codes even if the current warning lights are NOT displayed.

As long as the timing marks align properly, I would say that the chain and tensioner guides are OK. BUT from your pictures.... You have a highly SLUDGED motor. MY suspicion is plugged up VVT solenoids for intake and exhaust cams and possibly VVT filter screen which the screen requires the cylinder head to be removed to get to it. Time to do some serious Dodge 2.4 motor youtube searching.

I never had any luck with trying to do the old school of boiling the stat. And the routing of coolant flow sends flow thru the radiator only after the stat opens, so that if stat does NOT FULLY OPEN you have reduced flow thru the radiator and thus cooler temp reading there with a temp gun and high heat feel thru the heater core. Doorman or any part can fail even if NEW.

Just as the PLASTIC T-Stat cover and stat are known to stick open, they can also do the reverse and only PARTIALLY open. I had this happen last summer with our '13 rt, and got the same situation as you have. I spent the $$ for the Aluminum stat housing and stat...NO problem since.

Pull the plugs and COMPARE coloration pattern of the threaded end porcelains and electrodes to each of the others. This is an OLD SCHOOL way to check for an individual cylinder problem. PLugs are an EASY to do with the 4 cyl. motor.

Well, I watched your video numerous times AND rechecked your previous postings. What did you ever do about the cooling system trouble of past? How many miles on the car NOW and have you ever changed the Spark plugs? NOW too your video.... There is definitely NO BATTERY ISSUE here . The way the motor is spinning is suggesting to me that there are motor issues going on and WHY I posted about MILES on the car AND SPARK PLUGS. I agree about changing the crank sensor, as this sensor WILL prevent engine from running while cam sensors will .

Could you be a little more specific? Does the starter motor spin the engine but NOT have the ENGINE "fire up" OR does not even crank over the starter motor?

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The way my family drives, all three of our journeys will break through the 200k mile barrier by mid autumn. Rear struts are NOT FUN to change, and I like the aluminium T-stat and the aluminium oil filter housing.... basically ONE TIME and DONE with few worries. But with 3 of these on the road....just don't get me discussing wheel bearing issue, I've replaced or had replaced 10 of the total 12 so far!

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Well we went out together and the module did NOT "freeze up", but instead connected to MY phone with no service bars. During a stop light I switched to her phone in settings screen and got service bars by the phone icon on the main screen. We did not try making any calls thru either phone setting, nor had anyone try to call us during our "outing". I guess such is life with modern technology according to how old/young that technology is! 🤔🙁

So just to make clear, there is NO failure of the HFM/Bluetooth module. I checked the '13 for preferred phone setting and set the wifes phone as preferred. The '17 was already set to her phone as she is mostly driving it now. This situation only happened when we were together with both the phones at the same time in the '13. going out today together again with the '17 and will see what happens in that car with both phones.