Im going to go with a charging system issue as well. A bad/loose ground perhaps. That would explain it acting up and then not doing it again later. Sounds like exactly what mine did when my battery died. The car thought it was doing 130 but the engine wasnt even running. Probably put five miles on the car with it never leaving the driveway. The wipers cycled once and all was done.
I do know that some of the guages will freak out if they lose their ground. The temp guage, for example will peg on hot if its ground is loose.
New battery and all was good, and has been for years since.
