98 instrument light flash with headlight on

gbic1 · #1 07-12-2005, 12:18 PM

98 Voyager that intermittantly starts to flash the inst lights. Headlights work fine. I think the tail lights are ok. It started a couple of days ago and wont do it when i want to test it. Is it a bad rheostat? Thumb wheel is in the right place. It only happens with the heads lights on.

Bloo Ice · #2 07-12-2005, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by gbic1

98 Voyager that intermittantly starts to flash the inst lights. Headlights work fine. I think the tail lights are ok. It started a couple of days ago and wont do it when i want to test it. Is it a bad rheostat? Thumb wheel is in the right place. It only happens with the heads lights on.

I had this happen too, didn't know what it was until it finally DIED in a McDonalds drive thru. Was a corroded battery cable. Probably the easiest thing to check first. When the lights flash do the gauges go down? That happened to me too, but the headlights/tailights/clock were fine.

Mrbizness1 · #3 07-15-2005, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by gbic1

98 Voyager that intermittantly starts to flash the inst lights. Headlights work fine. I think the tail lights are ok. It started a couple of days ago and wont do it when i want to test it. Is it a bad rheostat? Thumb wheel is in the right place. It only happens with the heads lights on.

The rheostat on my 98 van had been touchy from day one, sometimes they flicker or don't come on until I move it slightly. I never asked the dealer to look at it. See if the lights flicker when it's all the way up which turns on the dome lights, if they don't it's probably the switch.

maratekin · #4 08-22-2005, 07:41 PM

I'm new to this forum...I had the same thing occur on my 1998 Grand Voyager - when I took it to the dealer today, he said it was a problem in the switch. He later called to tell me that the switch I had (with the auto-off lights) was not the right switch, and that they replaced it with the appropriate switch. When I looked at the diagram in the user's manual, it had the auto-off light switch (with the large "A"). I get the sense I've been taken for a ride. Any thoughts on this?

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