[turkeypig]

Our van first decided to stop recognizing our keys. Neither one would work to start the van. I ended up disconnecting the battery for an hour or so and reconnecting and now it is working fine.

A few days later we got home and all power went off. Everything! 10 minutes later it came back. It happened again a few days after that...all power gone...would not start. Waited about 10-15 minutes and it worked fine.

Does anyone have an idea of what this could be? The battery is new and was just installed about a month ago.

 

[OdyinNH]

The ignition switch is a pretty common failure. There's a recall on some models. Try jiggling the key while it's in to see if you can make it fail or come back. There's a good post on here somewhere on how to replace it. Pretty simple replacement and under $100 for the part.