QuestionI have a 99 T&C, it ran very well until about two years ago. Once in a while, when I turned ignition switch on, the starter wouldn't turn, and instrument panel totally shut. However, If I left the car there for several hours, a day or two, I could start the car again without any problem. I tried to tow the car to garage several times to check the real causes, but the car always started at the garage right away. After several tries, finally the garage had a chance to see my dead car. They changed ECM ($800), but the problem came back 3 months later. Now, I have to deal the problem again, and of course, the best way is to leave the car for hours or days, then the problem will go away. Because it happened so many times, I figured it is security related problem; the engine was totally locked because ECM must receive certain wrong signals,thought it has intrusion or something. One time, I tried to repair the rear door, discounnected the tail lights. after I put everything back, I found the car couldn't start. Does that make sense at all? If this theory is right, then the provlem is not ECM, actually are on the signals feed into the ECM... Can you help?
Answerif u can remember back when u had them put teh PCM in I bet u had codes like loss of commutation with bcm,tcm pcm yes? DO this next time it does not start up bang on the top of the dash and watch the cluster come back to life and start up if correct u need a new printed circuit board in the cluster and program it.
