[John Wood]

B10alia
Chrysler made a change in the starting circuit in most of their cars several years back (even including my 96 minivan). The circuit does pass through the ECU logic. The ECU looks for sync pulses and if it sees them, it will not let power pass through to the starter relay (it actually throws a ground on the starter relay coil to close the circuit when it allows starting). The purpose for that is to prevent you from operating the starter when the engine is running.

That is not likely the problem here but it could be.

I'm thinking it could be the typical bad solder joints in the console, but that is just a guess. Further troubleshooting is required including a simple test to bypass the starter relay to make sure it spins.

 

[John Wood]

Using IC's diagram as a guide, you will want to check for voltage on the yellow wire going to the starter relay coil when the ignition switch is turned and held in the 'start' position.. Since this is a PDC, you probably can't easily identify the yellow wire so you will need to probe each of the sockets that the starter relay plugs into. One of the sockets should show voltage when the key is moved to start and that would confirm that the ignition switch start contact is functioning. You will need a helper to operate the key while you probe the sockets for power.

I would have thought there would be a code for "battery recently disconnected".