Express turns over will not start

ajoneill

I have been experiencing a no start problem intermittently for a year. Sometimes when I turn the ignition key the idiot lights on the right side of instrument cluster don't come on. That is battery, ABS and check engine lights.
I turn the key back and forth until they come on and the van fires right up. When the lights don't come on the van will not start.
Any help would be appreciated. I am afraid one day the lights won't come on just by fumbling with the ignition.