# Dodge Caravan '05-no running lights

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-caravan-05-no-running-lights/37584>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** caravan, dodge\
**Created:** [October 4, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-caravan-05-no-running-lights/37584 "2009-10-04T19:17:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ackjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@ackjen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ackjen)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-caravan-05-no-running-lights/37584/1 "2009-10-04T19:17:12Z")

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Sometimes the running lights work, most time they don’t, and there is no rhyme or reason. It’s like being a vampire, I have to be home before dark. My mechanic has referred me to a dealer. Being on Nantucket, it is a logistical nightmare (although I often spend a day in Cambridge)  
  
 What can the problem be? How best to get it taken care of, does it have to be a dealer?  
  
 Best,  
  
 Jen

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**Author:** ![Cougar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cougar/32/21348_2.png) [@Cougar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cougar)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-caravan-05-no-running-lights/37584/2 "2009-10-04T20:51:15Z")

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You shouldn’t need the dealer to fix this trouble. Just a good shop that knows how to work on electrical problems. As a guess I would say the the trouble is with the light switch but it may be a bad connection after the switch also. With a wiring guide and a good tech it should be pretty easy to find the trouble.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-caravan-05-no-running-lights/37584/3 "2009-10-04T21:17:22Z")

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“You shouldn’t need the dealer to fix this trouble. Just a good shop that knows how to work on electrical problems.”

I think that repair options are somewhat limited for the OP, who lives on Nantucket Island. There are likely not a whole lot of mechanics to choose from on the island.

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**Author:** ![ackjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@ackjen](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ackjen)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/dodge-caravan-05-no-running-lights/37584/4 "2009-10-04T22:11:09Z")

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Thanks for the help. Maybe I can find a good shop off island to help.