2000 Voyager - intermittent electrical issue

Like another poster I have a symptom with my headlights (but I didn't
have the catastrophic melting event.) Here's my situation which
manifests itself in 2 symptoms which may or may not be related:

When I turn the headlights off sometimes the lights will remain on.
Rotating the switch to on and then off solves the problem.

When opening the door the light that highlights where the ignition key
is to be inserted does not come on.

Both symptoms are intermittent.

Does anyone have any similar experience or any suggestions on what I
should be looking for?

Thanks for any tips.



John Keith

 

the first one is a option of the headlite system
it allows the owner to use the van lites to lite the way to the door
did u notice they shut off by them selfs
the second issue may be a bad lite which is in the the key cylinder it
could have come unplugged

 

To clarify Tim's response on the auto-shut off headlights, it depends on the
order of your actions whether the headlights stay on or not. Turn off the
headlights, then shut down the ignition switch and the lights should go off
rights away. Turn off the ignition first, then switch the headlamps off and
you get 60 seconds? of light before they should go off automatically. This
feature should be well documented in your owner's manual and operates in a
similar manner on almost all Chrysler equipped vehicles made in the last 20?
or so years.

Bob

 

Tim and Bob,

Thank you. That indeed is the solution to me headlight concern.

This was a used car purchase and unfortunately the seller did not have
the owner's manual :-( a condition which usually cancels my
interest as a buyer but the car was a good deal. I don't think my 1990
Voyager had this feature FWIW.

But the light on the ignition switch is still intermittent but it is
on now and it is not as big an issue.

Thanks again.



John Keith

 

As Tim suggested, there is a push on connector inside the steering column
that goes to the illuminated ring. Make sure the connector terminals are
clean and tight. Some electrical contact cleaner might help. This is
fairly easy to get to. Three Phillips screws to remove the column top and
bottom covers on the newer models. Think its the same for the older one
too. If it is the ring itself, it should be a fairly easy fix, but I
thought this was an LED (I may be wrong) so should be the connector.

Good luck.

Bob

 

John, you can pick up an owners manual cheap in eBay
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=Voyager+2000+manual