mikebh8

It occurs to me that some of us are overlooking a valuable source of information and spare parts by not looking in the right places. Go on to EBay. Set your search settings for worldwide then change your vehicle details for town and country or dodge caravan. You might be surprised. Look for A604 or 41 te ( transmission) parts and they are all there in abundance. I recently had a pair of new custom tail lights sent over from California for the same money that I sold my one unbroken unit in the Uk.

Hi, what I did to start a car where the driver lost the keys, I replaced the ecu and the key immobiliser along with the ignition barrel
What I did was removing the battery, removing the ecu, left the car with plus and minus probes connected between them for about 20 mins, replaced all the parts, connected the battery, ignition on for about 5 mins (the engine managed light was on), turned the ignition off for about 10 mins, and after it started.
You don't have to replace the alarm as it is a separate circuit.
Hope it helps. The only problem would be that for a future owner if he/she wants to buy new key from the delay, the code won't be useful. If you want to do it, try to find one that comes with the small metal plate that has the manufacturer's code on it.
Hope it helps.

This fault has been on here before so check back the threads.
Its probably a protection to your autobox if fluid is low or needs changed. 

Hi Mike,
 
Just a little word of warning, I've owned two GV's, both apparently 2004/2005 models with the same amp and infinity sound system, RB3 head unit, however they were both very different when it came to the speaker outputs from the RB3. As per my website investigation/link the signals appear to be digitally encoded onto the 'speaker' outputs from the RB3. (I'm planning next summer to spend some time on this, and use my oscilloscope to interrogate the output from the RB3 speaker wires)
 
All I'm saying is, don't assume that all models are the same, there are clearly very subtle differences as I found between the years (1 year difference in the ones I've owned!) and in some cases you can't just splice into the speaker wires as it just won't work.

Hi there,
This has been discussed countless times so do a few searches and you'll find its due to a faulty thermostat jammed open. You can either replace it (expensive and very difficult) or do the mod of a second thermostat in line, which I've done a video howto on it.
Good luck.