Home › Forums › Stay Dirty Lounge › Service and Repair Questions Answered Here › 1997 plymoth van. 3.0 engine tricky to start › Re: 1997 plymoth van. 3.0 engine tricky to start November 6, 2012 at 2:03 am #474656 hondaguy453Participant Faulty batteries do all sorts of dumb stuff. I’d say take it in to autozone or something so you can get it tested. I doubt it’s going to pass since you said you have to jump it for each startup.