headlights burned.

[jlinares]

hey guys. need some help here. well my healdights have been out for a while now. ( i am rockin ricer blue bulbs )the thing is only my highbeams works i took apart the steering column and the main wiring harness is almost burned to the connector..... does this mean i have to buy that entire piece? or would i just get the wiring??

[Remax Realtor]

They sell a repair kit at the dealer for about $55. It contains the connector about 1 foot of wiring. You would need to cut off your connector, and solder in the new one. What wattage are your ricer bulbs? My suggestion is to get rid of them use factory bulbs. Ive also heard the fog lights not being on a relay are the main cause of the melting connector.

[jlinares]

Quote: Originally Posted by Remax Realtor

They sell a repair kit at the dealer for about $55. It contains the connector about 1 foot of wiring. You would need to cut off your connector, and solder in the new one. What wattage are your ricer bulbs? My suggestion is to get rid of them use factory bulbs. Ive also heard the fog lights not being on a relay are the main cause of the melting connector.

could that be.? cause my fogs dont work either.

[Remax Realtor]

Quote: Originally Posted by jlinares

could that be.? cause my fogs dont work either.

Take a pic of the connector. Is that melted, or just the wiring? Whats the wattage of the bulbs you're using? The electrical system in these cars are not very good, so running anything higher than stock wattage is asking for trouble. The reason your fogs dont work, is probably because the connector is melted, and the wires arent making contact with the pics on the connector. All you need to do is pull the top cover from the steering column, push the red tab forward on the top connector, and then pull the plug out. When I bought my 2001 and was doing the motor swap the plug was melted so bad is cracked in half. I soldered in the srt-4 plug from the dash harness and all is fine now. I also put my fogs on a relay, so that might have helped.

[jlinares]

Quote: Originally Posted by Remax Realtor

Take a pic of the connector. Is that melted, or just the wiring? Whats the wattage of the bulbs you're using? The electrical system in these cars are not very good, so running anything higher than stock wattage is asking for trouble. The reason your fogs dont work, is probably because the connector is melted, and the wires arent making contact with the pics on the connector. All you need to do is pull the top cover from the steering column, push the red tab forward on the top connector, and then pull the plug out. When I bought my 2001 and was doing the motor swap the plug was melted so bad is cracked in half. I soldered in the srt-4 plug from the dash harness and all is fine now. I also put my fogs on a relay, so that might have helped.

yes this is the part im talking about... the wiring is okay... but the connector is melted .... so what should i do... try to get the melted connector off somehow and solder a new connector??

and what do you mean by putting the fogs on relay? cause they dont work either. so im assuming the connector will do it all, go back to stock bulbs and save for some hids...

[Remax Realtor]

Quote: Originally Posted by jlinares

yes this is the part im talking about... the wiring is okay... but the connector is melted .... so what should i do... try to get the melted connector off somehow and solder a new connector??

and what do you mean by putting the fogs on relay? cause they dont work either. so im assuming the connector will do it all, go back to stock bulbs and save for some hids...

Go to a junk yard and get a new connector, or buy the repair kit. Cut off your connector, and solder in the new connector. The repair kit comes with the connector, and each wire is about 6-12" long. Save your melted connector, because all the wiring on the repair kit is purple so you will need to see which wire goes where on your stock connector. If you buy a connector from a wrecked car you wont need to, since the connectors match up. Fyi a neon connector and an srt-4 are the same. A couple of the wires are a different color, but it doesnt matter as long as they are in the right spot.

When you finish fixing your harness, take your headlight bulbs and throw them away. Buy stock bulbs and use them from now on. DOnt put in hids until you learn what a relay harness is. Hids will do the same damn thing, because the initial startup from the ballast is too much for the stock wiring.

Install your fog lights on a relay harness. Its not a must, but it will prevent this from happening again. The factory fog lights should be on a relay, but they arent. Why dodge didnt do that is beyond me. Chances are your problem came from the headlight bulbs though, but alot of 2nd gens have this problem.

Read this. Part number for the repair kit is in there

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[stisucks]

I had the same problem, but I had stock bulbs. you mite have to replace your multifunction switch, mine was melted on the backside

[ERABBIT23]

re-read the post sorry gave the wrong answer