Fog Light Switch Problems of Dodge Caravan

Headlights go out unexpectedly, it has happened while driving and while standing still. Fog lights and running lights work but headlights do not. If they are working and you turn on the brights they go out and they go on and off by themselves.

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While driving at night on a back road the headlights suddenly shut off ever thing else was fine luckly I had my fog lights on because it was a dark road . I could not get the high or low beams to work so drove home with just the fog lights .

Hello, I own a 2010 Dodge Caravan. Sunday April 19, 2015 I was driving towards las vegas from kingman, az at night when suddenly my headlights turn off. Keep in mind I have my 3 kids with me, ages 8,9 and 10. I turned back around after driving over 40 miles, using only my fog lights that provide 40-50 feet of visibility. I cautiously drive home almost in the dark, made it home and googled this problem. Looks like a tipm issue from what I gathered. So in the morning my vehicle doesn't start. I called my local Dodge dealer, they aren't aware of a recall on this and has never heard this before. Additionally they want $110 to tell me what's wrong with my vehicle. So I had my vehicle towed to martin swanty Hyundai to diagnose the problem for free, and I spent $111 on what they said was a bad positive battery terminal connection. Well, got it home, the headlights worked again. Next day, it's night time again and guess what, no headlights again! looks like it wasn't the battery connection, still having the famous tipm m. O. This is clearly not the first vehicle to have this problem. I see this is a class action lawsuit that Dodge and Chrysler are sweeping under the rug. So now I have a family of 5 (soon to be 6) to support, and drive around in my family vehicle with no headlights and this is not a recall yet with Dodge? and you want me to spend over $1000 to get it fixed just to put another faulty part in my van again? I have my family to feed, not $1000 to feed into my car that's only 5 years old and paid off. I was told by my local Dodge dealer to call Chrysler at 1-800-334-9200 and spoke with a representative that said that they will not offer a complementary diagnosis, I would need to pay another $110 to have it looked at to diagnose what is wrong. I asked them if they were familiar with this issue and they said they were not.

Headlights unexpectedly go out. Do not come back for a few days sometime a month. Happens when you are driving at night sometimes they just wont come on when turned on. When stuck with out headlights have to drive home with fog lights. Very dangerous.

We pulled out at night and started driving when suddenly and without warning the exterior headlights and fog lights started flashing, the interior warning lights started flashing, the wind shield wipers started going on and off, the windshield washer fluid started spraying, the lights on teh gauges were flashing, and the ignition started "dinging" like when you turn it on. Granted this was at night so we lost headlights for several seconds at a time until we could get stopped. I had my 4 year old daughter in the car and my wife. Luckily we weren't going very fast and were able to get pulled over without being involved in a wreck. After turning the car on and off a couple of times and checking under the hood the problem ceased. Fast forward a few months. Similar incident occurred during the daytime. Basically the exact same issue as above. Luckily this was during the day and the headslights aren't as important. Once again after turning the vehicle on and off a couple of times and getting out of the vehicle to check under the hood it ceased. Fast forward a few weeks. Issue occurred once again during the day. At this point we refused to drive the vehicle at night as we deemed it unsafe at night with the potential that we could lose lights while driving 60 mph and have zero visibility. We were never able to get the lights to stop going on and off and the issue with the van is still occurring. I've read similar stories from other Dodge owners and most have never been able to solve the issue even after spending thousands of dollars. This is going to seriously hurt or kill someone and a search regarding the lights flashing online for Dodge Caravans around this year makes it clear that there is a serious issue regarding the van. I also checked and Dodge claims the other recalls have already been done on this van.

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