[wb4lbg]

I really don't think it would be the keys since I am using the keys that came with it when I bought it new in 2000. I thought the problem might be in the ignition switch and that maybe it 'thinks' the key is bad which is why the engine dies after starting. But, then you would think I'd get the 'Security' message in the message center every time it has one of these 'start and die' episodes.

And it wasn't the CEL I was resetting, it was the 'Change Engine Oil' message in the message center. The procedure I cited is right out the owner's manual.

But even if it something to do with the PASS II system, why would the odometers reset? I thought the only thing that would make them reset is pushing the button in the instrument cluster. I changed the battery a few years back and I don't recall the odometers resetting when the battery was disconnected. This doesn't seem consistent with an ignition switch problem either.

It hasn't misbehaved for almost a week which makes it even harder to troubleshoot.