Could it be the neutral safety switch? http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_775_353/automatic_neutral_safety_switch_kit.html On 9/21/16, Marc Perdue <mcperdue@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > My van just started being finicky about starting, but it's not a > starter issue, I'm pretty sure. I'd turn the key, nothing. I'd turn it > again, and it would start fine. Later, I'd turn the key, nothing, take > it out of Park and put it back into Park and it would start. Today > that didn't work, but it would start if I put it in Neutral. Then even > later it was fussy about that and I finally got it to start by holding > the key in the starting position and changing the transmission > selector from something else into Neutral. This strikes me as being a > problem with a switch in the gear selector housing. Am I right about > this? If so, what's the part that I need to fix this? > > Thanks, > Marc Perdue >
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