While driving to work my headlights went out. I had to turn the headlight switch off and on a few times to get the lights back. Good thing that I was just leaving town and not on the freeway yet.
2005 Chrysler Town and Country lights complaints
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Turned the lights on as it was getting dark while driving and even on high beams it was if headlights were barely on. Also the left front blinker failed although the back blinker did work but flashed extremely fast. Replaced both headlights and still have to use headlights on bright to see as if the lights are on dim. The left front blinker and side light failed within a month of replacement. When replaced again, there was no change. The blinker/side light failed to operate.
The headlights do not illuminate when the headlight switch assembly is turned on. Turning the headlights off/on sometimes restore headlight illumination. This has been getting worse and worse as the time goes on. We called the local chrysler dealer in nj and were told there were no recalls or issues with our VIN.
Numerous times in the last four weeks while driving at night the headlights shut off . All but two times they came back on. The last two they did not come on until shutting the switch off and turning back on. All were at highway speeds which is very dangerous . Chrysler dealers have not heard of this however it is all over the internet. This is a major safety issue that needs addressed prior to someone getting killed . I am unable to drive this at night for fear of causing an accident .
Headlights shut off by themselves while driving. This happens very often while driving at any time of the day. This is a huge safety concern.
Instrument cluster lights all go on, then the gauges stop working, the trip computer stops fails, the lights flicker high to low or low to high beam and can't be changed sometimesthe engine stops running while traveling down the road at 25-75 MPH! The first indicator seems that the air bag light comes on as being "off". Sometimes the lights & gauges go back to normal. A guaranteed short-term fix is to remove the battery to reset the battery button under the battery, or take the positive terminal off & ground it against an exposed bolt. Many seem to have been fooled into buying a new battery, only to have the same problem re-arise, inadvertently "fixed" when the a new battery, but just lifting the old battery a little would have done the same short-term trick. The sequence of failure seems to be (rain influenced?): air bag light comes on, lights flicker, all gauges & gear position indicators light up, speedo & tach pulse then fail, then you can just drive with all warning lights lit -no tach or speedo...then every thing resets in 10 seconds to 10 minutes, or, dash lights go out then the engine quits, leaving you driving a powerless rolling brick in traffic, fighting the steering wheel without power steering, having only inertia (if you are smart enough to have thrown the van into neutral) to coast off the road, through an intersection, etc. Our dealership's diagnosis was a "bad instrument cluster" - hardly, as I don't see how disconnecting the battery will instantly "fix" the instrument cluster for a while, or how the cluster will affect switching between high & low beams, or kill the engine after a sequence of events. This is a well know progressively dangerous problem, of failure leading to sudden loss of power. There are many, many electrical complaints relating to electrical failures regarding loss of functionality and engine power.
We recently purchased van with 66000 miles on it, do not feel safe driving now because of its problem. Stalls at traffic lights, all lights do a pulse/ surge, and effect driving vehicle. We have done some research on this problem and see that we are not the only one dealing with this problem.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler town & country. The contact stated that whenever the right turn signal was engaged, the left turn signal would activate instead. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 111,000.
Just recently had an issue with the headlights,received notice that the switch was under recall. The other night my husband was following me home and noticed that the brakelights were not working, after testing things out we thought we figured the problem and changed the brake light switch. Today when I went for the headlamp switch recall the tech came out and said oh and by the way you have no break lights. Not sure what else to check and from what I have read it seems like there have been computer issues.
Driving at 65 MPH on interstate, the warning "ding" went off as if a door was open, then the gauges started to sweep erratically, at the same time several dashboard lights flashed on and off. The odometer and prdnl lights flicker, as well as the head lights. It continued to happen going down the road at any given moment. I have noticed that it is more frequent when raining and when I accelerate, pulling on the engine. The headlights, odometer, and prndl flicker at an idle. If it begins the happen, I can stop the van, shut it off, then restart it and this usually solves the problem. I have checked the battery connections, replaced the battery, none of these has resolved this problem. As I have researched this on the internet, I see this as a common problem for 2005 dodge/chrysler vans. Some report stalling, which can be a very serious problem. Mine has not done that yet.
Since this past summer our van has demonstrated on multiple occasions flickering of light, cluster gauges, and the radio turns on and off; dangerous as speedometer and fuel gauge become unreadable; researched online and many people having same issue; seems like everyone paying a lot of money to have fixed but problems still persist; this is an issue chrysler should recall like the headlight switch.
On the interstate I-75 in tennessee mountains at night, headlights went out while driving with family of 4. Quickly attempted to turn on and off the headlight switch which turned the lights back on. My teenager had complained about problems turning the headlights on previously, which I had ignored, stating that she turned the light switch on but the headlamps did not go on but that the yellow side markers did turn on. Have experienced this problem repeatedly over the last few weeks. Chrysler dealer tom ahl in lima ohio was informed of the issue but would not inspect or service the vehicle without charging an inspection fee, as no recall has been issued for this problem. I declined to pay this and asked them to enter the issue into their service database.
Have a 2005 town and country that I bought as a used vehicle and I was traveling at night doing fine when out of the blue the headlights switched themselves off, I manually turned them off and back on and they did the same thing again. We pulled off the road and shut off the car for about 30 minutes came back and when I the car with no issue, turned on the headlights no go, had to do this three time before they came back on any ideas.
While driving my headlights began to flicker then went out had to pull over ,I flipper the headlight switch several times until headlights turned back on. Since then I have had problems with turning on my headlights having to flip the switch several times, the lights will go out while driving .I have replaced the headlight bulbs along with dash board lights and I,m still having problems, it's like they have a mind all their own to when they turn off and on.
I have had several incidents in last 3 weeks where all interior and exterior lighting flicker or pulsate. Over the past year I have also experienced total loss of exterior lighting but only noticed it when parking or at lower speeds without causing a hazardous situation at the time of the incidents. On each of the incidents I was able to toggle the light switch several times and was able to re-activate the lights. This was an intermittent issue separated by weeks between incidents and it hasn't occurred for a couple months. The flickering is a new issue and some on-line research to the flickering LED me to this.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that when driving at various speeds he noticed that the headlights and the interior lights would flicker on and off. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where they advised him that the failure was of the voltage regulator. The dealer repaired the vehicle by reprogramming the computer system. The contact stated that immediately after leaving the dealer, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was unknown. The current mileage was approximately 99,000.
Overhead lights in console went out one at a time (one had already been replaced within 1st yr.). I went in to buy replacement bulbs at the dealership. The design has changed and part of the plastic has to be trimmed to make it fit. They put the bulbs in and it still didn't work. They said the wiring must have melted so you need to order the entire overhead console. After hearing this I wondered why there had not been a recall - wiring burned? And, it sounded as though they were familiar with this problem, I was not the first. My husband looked at it today and he got the light to work but not with the switch. It is getting power but it won't operate the bulb. They had said part of the plastic on the bulbs melt. Once again, melting bulb base not a recall issue? Chrysler told me the dealership needs to troubleshoot to find the problem - with me paying $92.50/hr.! There are several instances of this happening which I found on the internet - lots of bulbs having to be replaced and since they "redesigned" the bulbs the do not work.
Dash lights flickering, gauges jumping. Headlights turned off during driving at night. Transmission shortly disengaged. Dangerous situation! Chrysler can not find the problem. The federal safety agency case ea11010 is open. Need urgent support.
Headlights will not turn on. Repeated turning off & on of headlight switch (5 to 10 itmes) eventually works. However, using the turn signal lever on the column to hold the brights on does result in brights only - if you hold the lever continuously. The federal safety agency ea11010 from september of 2011 says defect is being investigated. How much time is needed for a diagnosis?
Headlights turned off while driving at night.
Loss of headlights while traveling 70mph. High beams worked only if lever was held down, and I had to drive like this for an hour. Over the past 2-3 years the headlights would intermittently flicker or turn off, but I could usually resolve the problem by toggling the headlights off and on several times. This would occur periodically, with several months in between incidents. In may and june of this year, the problem began to occur more frequently, with complete loss of headlights finally occurring. My mechanic replaced the front headlight control module 6-15-12 and the headlights operated fine until this past week- 7-11-12, when the headlights began to flicker again and went out while driving only 5mph in parking garage. Toggling the on/off switch corrected the problem and headlights came on.
The headlights will fail without warning. I was driving at night and noticed that the headlights did not turn on when the switch was activated. Toggling the switch back and forth a few times, turned them on. Since the first incident, this has occurred at least 2 times per week. The lights will usually turn on when switching the lights on and off, but the past two days they have not turned on at all. The parking lights and highbeams still work, but not the main driving lights. This is a serious safety problem. The dealership does not appear to know what is going on.
My headlights started giving me problems in the winter. First, I noticed that they flickered when I hit a bump, and then went completely off. If I put on the brights they would work. It never happened again until recently. They went completely off for the entire 2 hour drive. I had to hold the brights on to see. Now they don't even come on at all except for the brights. I stopped at chrysler and he seemed to have no idea what I was talking about. There needs to be a recall after so many complaints. Its dangerous.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that the headlights stopped illuminating while driving 40 MPH. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on numerous occasions, but they were unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 85,000 and the current mileage was 108,943. Updated 6/15/12 *cn the consumer stated the headlights would stop working or dim after they were turned on. The consumer stated it has been going on for a couple of years and has become more frequent. There have been approximately 12 incidents where the lights would go out with no warning. The dealer has never been able to isolate the problem. Updated 06/22/12
Headlights will sometimes will not turn on until tried several times. This week, while driving about 38 MPH, the headlights flashed on/off rapidly 3 times then remained off until I cycled the switch several times. No more occurrences that evening or for 4 more days, then tonight after driving about 5 miles home, I decided to try the switch and found that only about 1 out of 5 tries were successful in getting the headlights to turn on. The serious concern is when the headlights flash and then turn off while I am driving and will not immediately turn on.
Headlights spontaneously stop projecting light. Sometimes, playing with the switch seems to help. Neither high beam nor low beam light positions work so long as the lighting system is malfunctioning. Seems to happen in particularly humid situations. Mechanics have not been able to isolate the problem at this time, but frequency of malfunction varies making it difficult to determine if their solution was effective. It is very dangerous to be driving and have the headlights go out.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 chrysler town and country. The contact stated that while driving 70 MPH the head lights stopped illuminatedwithout warning. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 116,000.
My 2005 chrysler town & country has had the headlights fail several times. High beams worked by holding them in the on position, if I tried to turn them on they would go out. After flipping the switch a number of times I got the lights back on. We just lost lights again last night and were able to get them on after flipping the switch a number of times.
Went to turn headlights on and they would not turn on. Had this happen once before, but I just turned the switch on and off repeatedly and they finally worked. I tried a few different things this time and nothing worked. They lights still don't turn on. This seems to be a dangerous problem! I looked for a solution online and there seems to be many others with the same problem.
I had two chrysler products, (one minivan and one ram pickup), with the same concern within a matter of weeks. When turning on the left turn signal, the outside right turn signal flashes. I own a service repair shop and checked my "identifix" data base and see this is a common issue with chrysler products. The multifunction switch is bad causing this concern.
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