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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 12:13 AM
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Hopefully someone can get me headed into the right direction on this???
I am driving home and go to turn on my highbeams and nothing, my high beams don't turn on but instead the wipers came on and now won't turn off, they just stay on low speed only, no other wiper control works interm, high speed, even the washer won't pump.
I have no signal lights, no high beams, and the wipers don't shut off.
What they heck is going on with my 4th Gen??
Any help would be great, other than take it back to your dealer....which will be getting a call tomorrow morning.
 

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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 12:48 AM
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Crissis averted....
Did another search and found someone else that had a similar problem.
Just disconnected neg terminal on battery for a few minutes, then hooked back up, and all is good, damm gremlins
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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Sounds like the body computer got whacked out.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 09:41 AM
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Even though everything is working now, I'd still take it into the dealership for updates and such. Who knows, this time it was wipers and high beams, next time it may be brakes. :O
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by War Horse
Even though everything is working now, I'd still take it into the dealership for updates and such. Who knows, this time it was wipers and high beams, next time it may be brakes. :O
Yeah good point, I will be booking it in ASAP
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Northern Ram
Crissis averted....
Did another search and found someone else that had a similar problem.
Just disconnected neg terminal on battery for a few minutes, then hooked back up, and all is good, damm gremlins
Dodge is notorious for Gremlins. I have an 09 Challenger SRT-8. And a couple of months ago I jump in to start it. It was deader than a door ****. Completely drained battery. So I charged it to take it to the dealer to check out. Nothing wrong and never happened again.

Nothing was left on and I parked it in the garage the same way I always do.

So yes there are Gremlins in these Dodge's.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 03:22 PM
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It was me that had the problem

I never took it to the dealer for that problem. All I did was disconnect the battery and it has worked perfect since then... about 6-7000 miles ago. It did kinda freaked me out though, I was afraid my lights were going to quit with all the stuff going crazy.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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I have had a similar problem on a couple of occasions. My wipers did not come on but my brights would not turn on. I will ask about it when I take it in for updates.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 06:03 PM
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Same exact thing happened to me about 2 months ago. Just disconnected battery and was fixed. Computers can be funny.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2009 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Northern Ram
Crissis averted....
Did another search and found someone else that had a similar problem.
Just disconnected neg terminal on battery for a few minutes, then hooked back up, and all is good, damm gremlins

You're a good man, thats what these forums are here for
 
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