Re: 2002 caravan intermittent problem

<clare at snyder dot ontario dot canada> wrote in message 
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> My Dad just called. His 2002 Caravan has been behaving bizarrly.
> It will generally start normally, but then immediately stall. It will
> restart this way several times - and then sometimes run fine. Other
> times after several restarts the lights on the dash come on, but it
> will not crank - not even a solenoid click.
>
> Walk away from it, and come back in half an hour and more likely than
> not it will start and run perfectly. Then stop somewhere, and try to
> start it again in five minutes or so - good luck.
>
> The ignition switch has been replaced, with no change in behaviour.
> Has anyone run across this before? If so, what was found?
> I'm thinking a bad ground somewhere is a possibility.
> It only has about 68000 KM on it - out of warranty by time.
>
> Any experience with this problem (Caravan 3.3 - not a Grande)
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I would check 3 things in particular
1) starter
2) ignition module in distributor
3) when was last tune up? if is 6 years old