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Intermittent Starting (Cranking) Problem 850

Need advice from you, the experts again........ 1995 850 Turbo sedan auto w/99,600 miles and it has an intermittent starting problem. If I drive the car for 5 or 10 minutes and stop it for a few minutes and try to start it again, it won't crank. I let it sit for another 5 minutes or so and it cranks fine. Drive it to work and go to lunch - fine. From lunch to driving home - fine. Actually driving 10 minutes for lunch, letting it sit for an hour - fine.


Observations:
Started two weeks ago
Car has given me some trouble in cold weather staying stuck in 1st gear (auto)
Orange up arrow showing briefly taking it out of park to drive about the same time
Battery load checked and fine
New cap rotor plugs and wires
New ignition switch
Charging system is fine
Battery terminals look good w/no corrosion
Can't see the starter so I don't know the condition of the terminals
Car won't let me read codes from a1 socket- press button once for a second or two, red light illuminates when pressed but nothing after including 1-1-1 code

Conclusions?:
Bad PNP? (never replaced)
Bad starter or solenoid?
Bad transmission control module? (never heard of this being an issue)

I have the new PNP and starter sitting in a box in the garage ready to be installed but is there something I'm missing? The inability to read a1 codes is bothersome, would a bad trans control module cause this? Where is this module and how much $$$$ do these things cost. Geeze, almost done with my 100k project and this issue is bugging the hell out of me!!!!!

Great resource and thanks again!!






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posted by  RSVs Volvo  on Mon Feb 16 13:57 CST 2004 >


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