dead battery or security lockout?

Asked by mossback49 Jul 18, 2022 at 03:19 PM about the 2012 Dodge Journey SE FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

2012, 2.4L dodge journey, cleaned all connectors with electrical cleaner, waited for 2 hours before reconnecting.....including pcm.....won't start, get notice to wait with button in "run" while vin is verified. Found battery was down, recharging that.......is that my problem or do I have a security lockout?

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Did you happen to get this problem fixed? I'm dealing with the same problem.

It was a dead battery.......and bad connections to pcm......corrected that and vola.....it started......beware of the starter.......it was shorting and draining my battery.

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