I just bought this other dodge a few weeks ago, some already know. There were little problems when I bought it, and there have been more little problems come up. Its kind of frustrating but I expected it. Its got 193xxx mi on it, so its whatever. But here are some things I need help with.


Left rear tail light/blinker keeps going out after replacing...
Instrument cluster light went out (now I cant see my gauges at night)
Oil pressue gauge doesnt work.
There is always power to my windows, no matter what.

I have an older edge juice with attitude and also an egt guage on the piller,
and both egt guages read different.
Brake light, ABS light never go out...
And my check engine light which says it from the throttle positioning sensor, which I have already bought, just have not had the time to replace.

Any help on these issues would be great! Thank you

 

wow man. sure sounds like you have your hands full on this electrical issue. one good thing is it could all be related. check the ground wires.follow the wiring runnin to the back for your taillights. check the socket for the light bulb and maybe add some de-electric grease to it? the oil pressure not workin could just be the oil pressure sending unit went out(which is located on the passenger side right next to the distributor. they make a socket to get it off easy but it can be done with a wrench) if the sending unit doesnt fix it then it most likely the actual guage on the cluster went out which is common and u can just get an aftermarket gauge and install it. when you do that just take the sending unit out and put ur new fitting in there. it will kick on the engine light if u dont ground out the original wiring plug though. just put a paper clip in it or tie the wires together to ground it out. hope maybe i helped a little bit in your big mess you have there. let us know man.

 

Remove kick panel under steering column and check for any damaged wiring in there.

 

I really appriciate the info guys. It might all be related, but I am thinking it is just multiple issues, and most of them are wiring. Its not like they all went out at once ya know. But who knows.

 

Various wires inside column housing and cover can get pinched, causing multiple problems, and not all at one time, depending on which wires. Could be part of the cluster lighting and gauge things as well, but I suspect there are several gremlins you have to chase down. Grounds, as mentioned could be contributor as well, causing some circuits to back feed through others.

 

check ABS/RWAL fuse. My abs and brake light came on when i removed the fuse. It's a 20A fuse located in the cab.

 

Here is an update, I have fixed some of the issues.

Instrument cluster light went out (now I cant see my gauges at night)
The green arrows on the dash dont work when I use blinkers. Could be caused by the above issue though.
Oil pressue gauge doesnt work.
Brake light, ABS light never go out...
I have no Running/Tail lights

I have fixed some of the issues but, it seems everytime I fix one another one pops up. Ugggghhhhh

 

No running lights, cab lights, or gauge light. My brake light went away, air bag light came on. Any ideas???

 

Have you tripled checked all the grounds for those? I had similar problems on my old Blazer, lost dash lights, no turn signal, no outside lights (besides headlights), turned out to be a bad ground connection.

I didn't even know I didn't have any rear lights until I got pulled over by the Fitzgerald Police Department on the way home from work at 11pm... What fun that was...

 

yeah i got pulled over on friday night, thats the only reason i knew. i checked all fuses and the only fuse blown is one under the hood that is square and kinda weird. the diagram says its the number two, ign run, 30 amp.