RE: 05 Grand Caravan problem

From: Brian (hskr@cox.net)
Date: Wed Jul 14 2010 - 08:14:21 EDT


Just a suggestion, but have you tried the headlamp relay in the fuse box
under the hood? Should be able to swap it with another relay in the fuse
box. Simple cheap way to eliminate that as a problem vs buying an more
expensive multi function switch first.

brian cropp
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-
> truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Ray Irons
> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:59 PM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: 05 Grand Caravan problem
>
>
> Hi guys, I need some advice/help. My wife's 05 Grand Caravan had an
> intermittent
> problem that seems to have become a permanent one. A few months ago, we
> were
> coming home from someplace and it got dark. When we turned on the
> headlights, we
> got the park lamps but no headlights. We flashed to high beams and the
> flash to
> pass worked but still no headlights. When flashed back to lo beams, we had
> lights. This has happened only once or twice till tonight. Now we got no
> head
> lights unless we hold the dimmer switch in the flash to pass position. I
> suspect
> the problem is in the dimmer switch itself, but I'm not sure. The online
> manual
> I referenced said something about the body control module having some
> affect on
> the headlamps but I don't have the technical knowledge to make a
> definitive
> diagnosis. Anybody have any ideas?
>
>
> TIA,
>
>
> Ray
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