Fixed 98 Grand Caravan intermittent speedometer

[drum4Him]

Had a problem with my 3.3 98 Grand Caravan, with flickering panel light, intermittent gauges and with an ABS light on. Read on a forum that a 300 ohm resistor on the Body Control Module circuit board would open causing the whole problem. I yanked out the BCM from under the dash, and found the reistor on the back side of the circuit board. This was a surface mount board, so the resistor was tiny and the value (301) had to be found with magnification. Replaced the resistor with any off the shelf 300 ohm resistor, and the van fired right up. 100 miles later, the only problem since has been a service engine light that has lit up. Will take it to a shop for that...

BTW, I think this is similar to the problem which is solved by resoldering the connector on the back of the instrument cluster.

d4H

[RIP]

Great ifo. Thanks for passing it along. Many times a fix for a SE light is much easier than what it took to fix your BCM. Do the key dance to get the code and come on back. Autozone will connect a scanner and read the code for free in most states.