awesome.

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What exactly did you do? I know you are supposed to switch from high beams to fogs...or use your fogs period.

i wasn't trying to do anything,well,aside from see at night.
the multifunction switch went and melted the connector,i'm lucky my car didn't burn up.
all electrical is bone stock to the the bulbs, no modifications.
check your switch when you get a chance, chrysler doesn't sell just the connector,if i want to fix this properly,i have to buy the entire dash wiring harness, $700.

apparently this is a fairly common problem,i'm astounded that chrysler hasn't issued a tsb for this.

You don't need the whole harness. I will email you a solution.

What exactly did you do? I know you are supposed to switch from high beams to fogs...or use your fogs period.
wait what!? were not supposed 2 use our fog lights for some reason? causes some kind of wiring shorr circut? lol do tell :popcorn:

its a known problem

i use my foglights all the time.... please explain wut happened?

Dodge uses too thin of wiring and what will happen is it will overload the connection on the multifunction switch. It will burn up your clip and usually your switch itself. I recommend not using your fogs, brights, or switch from fogs to brights. Those seem to be where some of the trouble starts. Also, if you purchase aftermarket HID's, be sure to use a relay harness because the initial turn on is enough to overload the wires.

damn man thanks for the heads up...i used to use my fogs all the time
no more fogs or highs

damn man thanks for the heads up...i used to use my fogs all the time
no more fogs or highs

There is a way around it though. Just install relays on each harness...the fogs and headlight harness. That will bypass power going through the stock wiring.

yea...i would if i knew how lol
im not so good with electrical work

It's not very difficult, I just ordered my harness from element motorsports...and I plan on not using my headlights until it gets here....to prevent from any unwanted melting from happening. Basically it's a plug-n-play type deal. One wire goes to the left side of the harness, one wire goes to the right side of the harness, one to the ground, and one to the positive on the battery. All this prevents any power going through the harness itself and straight from the battery instead. If you get any new bulbs, hids, or use your fogs a lot...this is definitely something to look foward to. Element sells the harness for $50...and trust me...it's definitely worth the money. Think, you will be spending $50 either way...on a new clip or on a relay harness. Why not make it easy on yourself and avoid the pain of having to splice all those wires...trust me...the dealer will not warrenty this.

This is interesting. I just went and looked at a black '04 (http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=217177411&dealer_id=78835&car_year=2004&model=SRT4&num_records=25&make2=&start_year=1981&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=&engine=&certified=&body_code=0&fuel=&search_type=both&distance=50&make=DODGE&color=&min_price=&drive=&default_sort=priceDESC&max_mileage=&style_flag=1&sort_type=priceDESC&address=41091&advanced=&end_year=2008&doors=&transmission=&max_price=&cardist=14) today and I came here looking for things like this. Are there many things like this that commonly go wrong with these cars? I'm a Nissan man so, as bad as this may be, buying a Dodge kinda creeps me out. I really like the cars but I'm wary...I wonder if I really should be like this. Any info is appreciated, guys! Thanks!

04's tend to be the best year to purchase. It can easily be remedied with a relay harness. I wouldn't let something like this scare you from going through with it. Just check your basic stuff and you should be fine.

I was talking to a dude I met at a different Chrylser, jeep dealer about the car and he concurred. He said the only thing he's seen with them was "kids blowing them up"...lol There will be none of this in my case. It's a single owner car and the guy that had it before was older.

Yeah, young folk tend to take the srt4 motor to extreme.

Ok so here i am just new to this forum, and also a new Srt-4 owner. I have an 05.

I learned today that there are numerous mods on this car. Which i am kind of fine by... I am not sure of all the mods (but do know of some)that were done. And not sure where I can compare, to find out.

How do i know if the wiring has been changed already. What is it suppose to look like.

I have tried posting some pics, but keep having trouble with the size perameters of the pics.

What do you mean by "wiring?"

The wiring, which apparently catches fire with the use of fog lights. You mentioned previously how to correct the problem, which only seems to occur in a minor few of the vehicles. But like i said, I because this car is new to me, I don't know what it looked like pre mods, so therefore I don't know if the changes had been done already.

Well, unless they did a hack-job there is no definite way to tell if they fixed the harness. You can undo the screws holding the steering column cover and unplug the top(large) harness. If you see any scaring on the underside then it needs replaced...if not then it's fine. Just don't ever have your fogs on and switch to highbeams and vise versa.