My son , who lives out of state called me and told me about this strange problem with a 97 Dodge MinVan. Been a real good vehicle up to now at 180,000. After it gets warmed up it starts missing and shuts down completely. As this is happening the interior dome light comes on and starts flashing.....the windshield washer and wipers also come on and neither will quit no matter what is done until the battery cable is removed. When it quits it acts like a bad coil will do after heating up , but he has replaced this , new plugs simply because it was time for them and new distibutor cap and rotor. Also replaced the plug wires . He can't get it anywhere to get a computer diag because it won't won't run but a few blocks.It quits after about two-three minutes driving , when it gets up to temp , or about five minutes idling. It will not start again until it cools for 30-40 minutes. When trying to flash the code the only thing that comes up is "battery has been disconnected recently". I hope one of you can shed some light on this. Sure would appreciate any help I can get.
Thank you very much
Ken