Chrysler Repair: 2000 Sebring convertible:starter motor, starter motor, starter relay

Question
My husband drove car to work no problems.  When time to come home the car would not start.  Acts like it wants to turnover but will not even when jumped.  Any ideas?

Answer
Hi Sherri,
If the vehicle providing the jump was running its engine at the time, and the connection to the Sebring battery was solid, then you have to question the starter relay or the starter motor or a ground connection from the engine to the battery. With a helper trying the key, open the power distribution box under the hood near the battery where there are fuses and relays. There will be one larger relay which should click when the key is tried. It it doesn't then try moving the gear shift level a little to one side or the other of the Park position to see if that would then cause the relay to click and the starter motor to operate.
If it does click and the motor doesn't turnover then either the starter motor is bad or the ground connection from the engine to the battery is loose. That is located on the rear of the transmission.
Also if the relay doesn't click the ignition switch connection to the relay or the switch itself may be bad.
The starter motor can be tested independently by carefully jumping from the brown wire at the starter motor solenoid (on the side of the starter motor) to the fat red wire that is coming directly from the battery to the motor. If that causes the motor to turn over then the starter is OK. But do that carefully so as not to accidentally ground the jumper to any bare metal. Ideally you would want to have a jump provided by a helping car in case your battery is low.
Those are my suggestions.
Rolan