Hello. I have a 2000 4 door dodge neon with auto-transmission. Apparently, there seems to be a problem with the engine computer. The symptoms are as follows: Whenever I drive at highway speeds for longer than 15 mins, and then turn the engine off, when I attempt to restart the car within 20 mins or less, the engine fails to start. The failure to start is accompanied by a constant clicking noise coming from the engine area, which is alleviated by disconnection of a battery terminal. After reconnecting the battery terminal, the engine will start most of the time. However, sometimes, this "process" needs to be repeated up to 3 times. Occasionally, after the vehicle sits for a prolonged period of time without starting it, it fails to start, but without the clicking noise. I can get it to start by repeating the same battery-disconnect/reconnect drill as stated above.
My question is this: Does anyone know of a quick-fix to this problem? I am a graduate student and I do not have the funds to replace the Engine Computer. any help on this matter would be greatly apprecieated.

Mike

 

it sounds like maybe the battery terminals need to be cleaned really good. and when you reconect the the battery make sure that the battery cables are on real tight