You may be able to temporarily unstick the solinoid (relay) by raping on it sharply, but replacing it will no doubt be necessary. Bruce Naimy ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean Ellis To: Chrysler Club Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 11:40 PM Subject: [Chrysler300] Starter Issue When going to start my car today leaving a store (so the engine was warm) my starter refused to shut off. Had to disconnect the battery in order to shut it off. The large black and smaller brown wire connected to the starter were not crossed anywhere. While down there I noticed that I had lost the lower bolt that attaches the starter to the block and the upper bolt was very loose. Tightening the remaining bolt made no difference. Also the small gauge ground wire that was attached to neg. on the battery and ran to a bolt in the engine compartment was completely fried (insulation smoked and charred to a crisp) before I was able to disconnect the battery. Checked the wires that plug into ignition, and opened up the relay... all seemed okay. I ended up disconnecting the brown wire on the relay. Now the only way to drive my 300 is to turn the key, pop the hood, touch the brown wire on the relay till the starter kicks it on then remove the wire. Any suggestion as to what what is going on, and or a solution????????? I'm stumped. Sincerely, Sean 64 300K 413 inline 2x4 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]