AboutRoland Finston Expertise I specialize in Chrysler Corp. front wheel drive cars and minivans for the years 1982-2005 based upon my 50-year DIY experience and factory shop manuals. I don't have expertise/manuals for Jeeps, Trucks, Imports. Today on vacation, I will not take questions at any time, nor answer you within 1/2 hour. If I am shown as "maxed out" try again, in an hour, as I may be answering another question or otherwise busy. There are answers to ten thousand Chrysler questions at your finger tips: put a few key words in the "find" box (above) or click on "view past answers".
Question My Jeep won't start first thing when it has been sitting overnight. Then around 10:00 or so it will start and consistently rest of the day. It does turn over but just never quite catches. What could it be?
Answer Hi Jody,
The best approach is to get the fault codes that may be stored in the engine control module. Try the ignition key:"on-off-on-off-on and leave on" doing that in 5 seconds or less elapsed time. Then watch the odometer window to see if the mileage changes to show a 4-digit number preceeded by a P. Let me know and we'll go from there. I don't have manuals about the Jeep engines, but let me know the code if you get one. If no codes appear then go to an Autozone parts store for a free readout using a plug-in reader.
Roland
