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On your 2002 there is a small plastic junction box on the driver's side fender liner with a cable from the battery coming into the front and two fusible links coming out of the back and heading to the fuse box. All 3 are held together on a post with a nut. This connection is known to corrode and eventually fail which will shut you down. Yours might be in the early stages of failure, just something to look at.
That is what I was describing above, but you did a much better job at describing it. Thank you for that.
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