I've had a 1998 Voyager, about 140k miles, for a little over a year. We occasionally lose all the displays on the dashboard (i.e., speedometer, odometer, fuel gauge, temperature gauge, etc.) and the "service Engine Soon" and "ABS" lights would come on. To begin with this would not happen very often (maybe once a month), and it would last for only a short period (1/2 day - or the next time we started the vehicle). We took it to a service shop, but of course the displays were fine every time so they could not tell us what was wrong. However, now that the situtation has worstened to the point that this occurs two or threes times a week, and may last for upt to two days, we were finally able to have it looked at. The shop said that it was a computer and that it would cost about $600 to replace and that it would still need to be taken to the dealer (for some type of calibration - my wife took it in, so I am not exactly sure what would need to be doen by the dealer). Does this sound like the correct diagnoses? Does the dealer need to be involved when replacing the computer? Is replacing the computer something I can do? Thanks for the help.
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17 years ago