PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY IN NOVEMBER. OCCURRED AGAIN LAST NIGHT WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER DRIVING. LIGHTS WENT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES IN A 10 MILE DRIVE ON A RURAL ROAD. EACH TIME SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART IT AND THE LIGHTS WOULD FUNCTION ALTHOUGH ERRATICALLY. SOMETIMES ONLY THE RIGHT OR LEFT LIGHT WOULD WORK. SOMETIMES SHE WOULD HAVE TO REPEAT THE PROCESS TO GET THEM TO WORK.
AFTER INITIAL FAILURE LIGHTS WORKED OK AFTER VEHICLE SAT FOR 1/2 HOUR, ONLY TO FAIL AGAIN AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 9 MILES. AFTER TURNING ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTING THE LIGHTS WORKED AGAIN FOR ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE, THEN FAILED IN THE SAME MANNER. IN RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM, I FIND THAT IT HAS BEEN REPORTED MULTIPLE TIMES. THIS IS DEFINITELY A LIFE THREATENING SAFETY PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY FCE.
My 2010 Dodge Grand Caravan is a piece of sh*t! The TIPM is faulty and Dodge knows it but won't fix the problem. My lights randomly turn off while I'm driving. This is a very dangerous situation to be in at 10:00 PM! There's a clicking sound from under the dash, it overheats, the heater won't work, windows don't roll down & this happened 6 months after we got it. Car won't start some days. Battery is dead a lot of mornings. Passenger door won't unlock, it's falling apart!! Dodge sucks & I will never buy one again!!
Two kids in the car, no headlights after dark. We live in a rural area, so suddenly having no headlights on low or high beam is a significant problem. Getting a bill of over $1300 is also very significant. A relay problem would have been easy and inexpensive to fix, making a part like this, that seems to be faulty often, is unfair to us consumers.
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.
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PROBLEM HAD OCCURRED PREVIOUSLY IN NOVEMBER. OCCURRED AGAIN LAST NIGHT WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER DRIVING. LIGHTS WENT OUT MULTIPLE TIMES IN A 10 MILE DRIVE ON A RURAL ROAD. EACH TIME SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART IT AND THE LIGHTS WOULD FUNCTION ALTHOUGH ERRATICALLY. SOMETIMES ONLY THE RIGHT OR LEFT LIGHT WOULD WORK. SOMETIMES SHE WOULD HAVE TO REPEAT THE PROCESS TO GET THEM TO WORK.
- kerrlake65, Boydton, US