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New owner, intermittent start problems

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Hi,
My son just bought a 2008 Caliber with the 2.0L motor. Everything was fine for a week, then one day it would not start and stay running. Either it would start and die as soon as you took the key out of the start position, or it would just click like it had a dead battery. We checked the battery, it is fine. The next day I was able to start it right up on the first attempt with no problem. Yesterday, it did the same thing again, this morning it started right up on the first attempt just as it should.
The wires on the starter are tight and appear to be in good condition, but I did not run any checks on them.
The car does not have a chipped key, because we had a spare made at Walmart and it works as well as the original.


Any ideas?
 
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