Common problem on the Durango/Dakota/Ram columns. It'll be a loose/burnt
wire at the harness connector next to the steering column (ignition switch
harness). I've had to repair quite a few of these at the dealership.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Michael
Maskalans
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:30 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: Steering Column Wiring
So I jumped in my Dak last night and pulled the headlight knob to....
nothing. jiggled the switch and got no flicker. tried high beams and I had
them. couldn't get the low beams to light.
got out, popped the hood, checked for fuses and there's one for both high
and low in the PDC and that's it. and it was good. tried the lights again,
and they worked. got in to drive and they didn't.
did a little more playing and found that it's the column harness - with the
wheel all the way up my low beams work. if I tilt it I don't get them.
Who's been in a gen III column? Is it a "pigtail" harness for the column
that's easilly replaced? If one wire is bad will they all be nearly gone
wherever that pinch point is, or should I just patch the break in the one
known bad and call it a day?
This just happened last night and I had to be up early so I didn't pull my
FSM out yet to look at anything, but I'd appreciate any experience you have
to share.
-- MikeM '98 SAS SLT CC; 121,500mi
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