Well, wonder of wonders my TIPM has arrived at last. Only took 4 months and 6 days. To add to the insult from Chrysler, the dealer charged me $100 service to tell me it was defective back in March and today they wanted another $50 to install it. I guess the look I gave the service writer was better than I thought because she dropped it to $25 without me saying a word. I had them leave my bypass wiring under the hood in case this thing fails again. Maybe I should draw a diagram of my wiring and take pictures and post it on here for all the other headlight less T&C owners.

 

2010 T&C with 39,300 miles. In service 22 months. October 30th woke up to dead battery. October 31st woke up to dead battery. Took to dealership November 1st. Two weeks of paying for battery, miscellaneous parts such as TIPMs. Chrysler doesn't like dealership and says if we want to hold out any hope for reimbursement we need to use one that they want. Take to their "certified" dealership. They cannot find anything wrong with it. Except the minor problem of every morning the battery is dead. Replace TIPM and PCM. Declare problem fixed. They tell Chrysler to close out our case because there is nothing wrong with van. They ran diagnostic tests and got no codes. Next day battery is dead. They give up and give van back to first dealership. To appease Chrysler they send van 120 miles to their sister dealership which is certified. That was November 23rd. I called Chrysler to tell them where van is and find out they closed case because dealer #2 said it was fixed. December 10, we call again to ask what Chrysler will do to help us. they say "Nothing - your van is at a non-certified dealership." This despite telling them on 11/27 and 11/30 where the van was and that since 11/23 their certified dealership has been working with Chrysler in MI to fix problem. Apparently not real good with record keeping OR making cars. After reading about being withotut vehicles for 4 months, I guess we don't have it so bad. Oh yeah - he Executive service representative told us yesterday she has never heard of a problem like this or having to have more than one TIPM. Then why do I get 29,000 hits on Google for Chrysler TIPM and there are over 3,200 views on this thread?

 

TIPM? Chrysler will never admit to a fleet problem with parts even though it's starring them in the face. She says she's never heard of it. That's horse hockey and she knows it!! Sad fact is she sleeps well at night regardless. TIPMs are a well known problem maker on this and other forums. Chrysler needs to start reading forums to catch up - fat chance!

To be honest that's the first time I've read someone was directed by Chrysler to skip a dealership and go to another. That's after surfing forums for 7 years.

Have you looked into your state's lemon laws? Many require compensation after 3 unsuccessful tries to fix a problem. Sometimes a new vehicle.

So the problem is a parasitic battery drain correct? Do you want to troubleshoot this or are you done with the van and Chrysler?

 

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PLEASE! Everyone who had this issue with headlight flickering and shutting off while driving, REPORT THIS to customer service 18004236343 if enough of us report this issue and bring it to their attention them it will be a recall or warranty extension! You could be reimbursed for repairs already made! I called and reported it, the lady told me this was the second call in a row on the Same issue. She said people just need to report it.

 

i have a 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN AND COUNTRY SAME HEADLIGHT PROBLEM WORKS FOR A WEEK OR TWO THEN THEY GO OUT AGAIN HOPE TWO FIND OUT WHY IN A COUPLE DAYS

 

Hey I would like wire the relay could you share the diagram you created

 

My headlights just gave up the ghost in my 2010 TC, I was expecting to pay 200 dollars, but now I think I'll be getting some fittings and a little relay and do my own switch.

 

https://www.nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem

 

So, I started to look into how to bypass the headlights, I was getting a relay kit with h11 sockets, and I was feeling pretty cool about myself, and then I realized that I would like high beams, and how do they do that with only 2 wires... Well they don't They use a set of bulbs! So I had swapped a high beam bulb... The low beam bulbs are a bit hard to get to, but sure enough, the bulb was bad. I am just so used to having high and low beam in one bulb, I didn't expect 4 headlights.

I moved a high beam bulb to the low beam, and now I have working headlights and one high beam, which I so rarely use I should be ok going directly to the autoparts store.

H11 has one filament! I wouldn't have figured this out until I saw it in daylight and or was looking into the bypass that someone else talked about.