My car starts and runs great if it is cool outside. The past few weeks in
Seattle it has been in the upper 70's and 80's. Intermittently my car cranks
> over and will not start. Then I wait and talk to it for a few minutes and it
> starts. It has only failed when it has been parked in the sun. It has never
> done this in my garage or on cooler days. I replaced the fuel pump, relay
> and check valve about six months ago due to a total pump failure. I also
> have had a new strange problem with my instrument panel going dead,
> including the clock. The car keeps running. I pull over and restart it and
> everything is fine. No blown fuses, new fuel filter and no logged or active
> faults. I have had lots of nice long talks with the car trying to convince
> it to stop this. I am stuck. Anyone have any ideas? 80,000 miles. > Thanks