# Headlights keep going out **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** dakota, dodge\ **Created:** [July 18, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-keep-going-out/144653 "2019-07-18T02:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fawnBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/779978/32.png) [@fawnBishop](https://community.cartalk.com/u/fawnBishop)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-keep-going-out/144653/1 "2019-07-18T02:21:22Z")
2000 dodge Dakota. headlights keep going out. 1st time they went out u could just flip to highs and back and they would stay on. a different time they kept going off and coming back on. this morning they came on but driving they went out and wont come back on. high beams work. the headlight switch was replaced bout a week ago. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-keep-going-out/144653/2 "2019-07-18T02:26:59Z")
Google Dodge TIPM ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-keep-going-out/144653/3 "2019-07-18T02:30:24Z")
The multifunction switch (that you use to activate the brights) is a possible culprit. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-keep-going-out/144653/4 "2019-07-18T02:31:17Z")
The Totally Intergrated Power module did not exist in 2000. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-keep-going-out/144653/5 "2019-07-18T02:31:24Z")
Chrysler didn’t install Totally Integrated Power Modules in their vehicles until the model year 2007. Tester ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-keep-going-out/144653/6 "2019-07-18T02:31:59Z")
oops … that’s what I get for doing my onw thinking … lol … Ok, here’s the next ideas … - check lighting circuit z1 ground - verify low resistance connections all the way from battery to bulb - test headlight switch circuit breaker ---
**Author:** ![mperry\_153483](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@mperry\_153483](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mperry_153483)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlights-keep-going-out/144653/7 "2019-07-18T06:29:18Z")
Yes, I had a headlight switch replacement fix a similar… but it was older than this rig. Finally a trucker told me about the circuit breaker in the switch.