# Headlights gone wild

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-gone-wild/3391>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** headlights\
**Created:** [August 20, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-gone-wild/3391 "2007-08-20T16:50:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Joe1910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Joe1910](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joe1910)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-gone-wild/3391/1 "2007-08-20T16:50:46Z")

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I have a 2003 Chrysler Town and Country. One of the headlights would turn off while driving or idling. It has the automatic selection for the headlights, so I stopped using that feature and using the manual mode. That didn’t make a difference. I checked the fuse box in the engine compartment (next to the battery) but I didn’t see any headlight relay fuse. The headlights cntinue to do that and now it’s doing it on the right. Then…when I turn off the headlights manually, turn them back on again, they work and then we start all over again. Any ideas of a fuse or the sensor heating up or shorting out? Thanks!

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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:** [August 20, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-gone-wild/3391/2 "2007-08-20T17:24:21Z")

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The problem may be due to a relay or the connection at the light. I would check things using a test light probe to help pinpoint the problem.

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**Author:** ![St3v3n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@St3v3n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/St3v3n)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-gone-wild/3391/3 "2007-08-20T21:01:57Z")

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Could be a shorted out wire.I had a 71 Maverick that had a wire on the same circuit as the headlights.It went to the tag light and would arc to the bumper and kill the lights anytime,anyplace any would scare the pa-jee-bees out of me.The headlights had a circuit breaker(no fuse on the panel behind the light switch )so it didn’t blow fuses.