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2002 grand cherokee hard to start

by lepr13665 Oct 12, 2008 9:36AM PDT

I have a 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited with a 4.7 L, 70,000 miles on it. It has been hard starting after it sits for 1 to 8 hours. I have to stay on the key for about 5 seconds or push the accelerator pedal to the bottom to start in about 3 seconds. If I try to start it after half an hour or leave the car overnight, it starts fine however, in every start, it always smells raw gas. I put new plugs, fuel pump, fuel filter, battery and still have the problem. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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2002 jeep grand cherokee 4.7

by apollo732 Mar 14, 2009 5:23AM PDT

I have the exact same problem.. did you ever figure out what the problem was?

any help would be great
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2002 grand cherokee hard to start

by ballerbabyboy Jul 10, 2009 10:12AM PDT

this could be an alternator problem. Same problem on the new explorers. You probably dont drive alot of miles per day for the battery would be dead already. But if you do drive alot of miles each day then the problem may not be the alternator.

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