Bill S. wrote:
A fairly well-documented problem with this chassis, is the cold solder joints on the circuit board of the engine's ECU. If you use the search function on the forum, you should turn up a number of threads about it. Some owners who are familiar with circuid boards and small-component soldering, had reraired their ECU. Others have purchased a new one, to solve the problem. Not sure if this is what's going on here, but worth a check.
I had a VDC problem on my 03 Journey DL. I do not think it will interfere with the starting. actually, i am pretty sure you can operate the rig without one if you had to.