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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Cars / January 2009How to override parking light auto-shutoff on 05 Caravan?
I was stupid enough to buy a house with a sloping driveway. After burning up the tranny in my last Caravan (a 95) spinning uphill in the snow, I'm trying to be nice to the 05 replacement, which means parking in the street until I can clear the snow when I get home from work. Since it is dark when I get home, I wanted to leave the parking lights on, lest the neighbors with the jacked-up 4x4s run into it as they are zooming out of their driveways. However, after 5-10 minutes, the van, thinking I am just forgetful, turns the lights off. While this is a nice feature in summer, sometimes when I am parked, I do want parking lights. Is there any painless way to make it stop doing this on a case-by-case basis? I'd rather not annoy the neighbors by using the flashers or the revolving light.... -- aem sends... > I was stupid enough to buy a house with a sloping driveway. After > burning up the tranny in my last Caravan (a 95) spinning uphill in the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > basis? I'd rather not annoy the neighbors by using the flashers or the > revolving light.... Did you try checking the owner's manual?  Signature"Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org Ahhhhhhh!: http://brandybuck.site40.net/pics/relieve.jpg >> I was stupid enough to buy a house with a sloping driveway. After >> burning up the tranny in my last Caravan (a 95) spinning uphill in the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Did you try checking the owner's manual? Yes, I RTFM'd, for what little good it did. (Half the manual is how to operate the radio- six different possible versions, all with those damn tiny buttons, impossible to read or find by touch while driving.) As to the 'battery saver feature'- all it said was if I had the fancier version with the overhead console, I could change the times it cut off at, but it didn't say anything about disabling it. Guess I need to start carrying two keys, and lock the doors with the ignition in the 'on' position, to defeat the timeout. -- aem sends... >I was stupid enough to buy a house with a sloping driveway. After burning >up the tranny in my last Caravan (a 95) spinning uphill in the snow, I'm [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > -- > aem sends... try one of these and set it on your dash. Use the red flashing lights. This should do OK at night. http://www.lightinthebox.com/Red-Flashing-Caution-Light-Flashlight--XJED015---St art-From-5-Units-_p19903.html >> I was stupid enough to buy a house with a sloping driveway. After burning >> up the tranny in my last Caravan (a 95) spinning uphill in the snow, I'm [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > http://www.lightinthebox.com/Red-Flashing-Caution-Light-Flashlight--XJED015---St art-From-5-Units-_p19903.html Thanks, but I already have one of those magnetic flasher things (like snowplow drivers use). I was trying to avoid annoying the neighbors. Guess I'll just have to leave to key in it, set on 'acc'. Only another month of winter left, and it is already staying light noticably longer... -- aem sends... Hi! > Is there any painless way to make it stop doing this on a case-by-case > basis? What about running your own power wiring to the lights, with a fuse, possibly a relay and a switch in the passenger compartment? Hooked directly to the battery, you could then override whatever it is in the van that controls the lights. I can't see that causing problems, but I've never tried it. William |
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