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Hello Matt .... Sorry it's been so long car was done at Chrysler ( Fiat ) They did try just rebooting as you said but with no joy they then got on Chrysler and download and reinstall software all up and running with no problems now , out with polish now .. Thanks with the help you gave . Steve mdl274

Done! :-) http://i63.tinypic.com/b533o0.jpg

The Fuel Filter housing was the issue with mine, every since I replaced it, the car has run perfectly. Garages are drawn to injectors for this symptom set, I had mine replaced and it was nothing to do with them, I solved the problem with research online including this forum, not OBD codes. Good luck.

This does sound exactly what I had when mine was at it's worst. At first it just cut out under heavy RPM/load, but when it really failed it did that, cut out basically idling on the driveway. Also the 'chugging' trying to start was something I've had too, actually mine will still do this when the engine is warm, still haven't gotten to the bottom of that issue but i'm not getting cut outs anymore after working through everything shown. Go through everything in the video, methodically and work through items that you know are 'known good', as pressure relief valve and filter are easily done at home on the driveway so test the easy things before going to the harder/more expensive replacements. Unfortunately NO garage will be able to tell you 100% that one thing will fix it, if they do they're lying as none of these issues generate fault codes in the ECU enough to be sure on the corrective action.

It won't start. Does that mean its turning over but not firing. If it is its a fuel pressure fault. Like bignev says air in system, Injectors leaking too much or pressure bypass on rail...

Hi Bex, As Andy's list, the very common one is the fuel filter housing cracking, or a slightly iffy O ring seal.

Hi there, Unfortunately this can be a long list of problems, there are lots of posts on here and on other forums and I did a whole video dedicated to it: https://youtu.be/ucfZfV1cNng When you say it won't run for hours what does it do, dashboard light up, you hear the starter motor turning the engine over it just never fires? When it does that if you waggle your foot on the accelerator will it catch and start? Also, the assumption is the cut out is when you do hard acceleration/over 3.5k rpm? That's the common failure. So back to the list: Fuel filter - when was it last changedFuel - what fuel do you buyFuel - put a diesel cleaner/additive through it sometimes helpsIf the filter has been changed recently, get the filter assembly checked to make sure its sealed properly, has an o-ring. Worth getting it changed againIs it a front or rear fuel filter model? The 05 has different designs, if front check the primer pump and pump it to get it started, if it goes soft it means potentially air/leaking(Those are just a few that popped into my head as I type, there are lots of posts on the matter! Engine warning light is a newer one that hasn't been seen in many cases, the fact that the garages plugged in and got no codes means they're not using the right code readers, these need very expensive/special readers to read the Chrysler codes, so the fact the engine light is on but they see no codes means their reader isn't good enough for the job!