2000 Grand Voy. having an issue

[thesikes]

I have a 2000 Grand Voy. SE with a 3.3 Liter.

Sometimes when I am driving my van starts with a dinging noise like when your door is open. I dont know why it does this, and when it does this, the blinkers will not work, and the passenger side tail light stays on. The problem fixes it self after a while, but if I shut off my van, and start it again the problem is gone. I have a good battery, clean battery cables, and everything else seems to work fine on it. I need help, it is our only car, and I dont want it to die, or something like that.

[RickMN]

When you have weird electrical things going on, the first thing to suspect is a poor ground. This would classify as weird. Start by cleaning the ground wires under the dash and between the firewall and engine, battery negative to engine, and battery negative to body.

The combination flasher relay is designed to chime when the turn signal has been on for 1/2 mile to remind you to either make the turn or turn off your turn signal. If you've cleaned the grounds and it still doesn't work, you have two choices: 1) get a digital meter and start checking the inputs to the combination flasher relay from the turn signal assembly (aka multifunction switch) or, 2) replace the combination flasher relay.