I'm going CRAZY!
I've seen some similar posts but nothing exactly like mine so here goes...
Sometimes my van won't start and run but then minutes to hours later it is fine. These are the things that happen:
1. Put key in, van starts and there is no trouble.
2. Put key in, turn key and have no power to fuel gauge, speedometer, tach, temperature gauge, gear indicator, odometer. All the indicators in the top panel: check engine, ABS, Alarm, etc. function properly; van will "start" but dies the instant I let go of the key.
3. Put key in, no gauges, same as #2, van starts and continues to run and all gauges come to life (this is the least frequent)
4. Driving along and lose power to the gauges. Van continues to run without problem - just don't have any idea how fast I'm going. Sometimes the gauges come back to life while I'm driving.
Usually if it won't run, as in #2, and I continue to try it again and again (maybe 5 to 6 times) eventually when I turn the key nothing happens - doesn't try to start, doesn't click, doesn't grind - NOTHING!
It doesn't seem to happen more or less when it rains; but it did occur less frequently during the winter. Now that it is warming up it is starting again.
I have had it at two "5 star" dealerships in my area and neither of them have a clue. (Makes me wonder if it is 5 stars out of 100)
Of course they've told me that they have started at least 100 times perfectly and I pick it back up and boom - stranded. One of them even suggested that it might be static electricity and asked me if I wore cotton underwear (did I mention that I am a woman).
PLEASE HELP! I'm ready to drive it off the highest bridge I can find!
It's a 98 Caravan Sport 107,000 miles (problem started around 98,000).