I have a 97 Dodge Caravan with a 3.0 litre engine and about 180,000 kilometres on it.
Twice in the past few days while driving in stop-and-go traffic it has suddenly quit. There was no warning like sputtering. It quit suddenly, just like someone had turned off a switch.
The problem is, it would not start right away. There was no indication that the starter relay was even activating. It seemed like there was no ignition or starter power. All of the other electronics seemed to continue working fine, windshield wipers, four-way flashers interior lights etc were all fine.
Both times, after about a five-minute wait it started and ran normally.
Both times it happened I did not think to check for a fault code. I tried it today and the codes were 12 and 55. I dismissed the 12 until I realized that the battery had been changed about six weeks ago and the van has been driven a lot since. I would have thought that there would have been at least 50 starts to clear the 12 code. 55 is the end of sequence code.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? All thoughts are welcome.