Help with 98 dodge caravan

t sounds like a short some place..Check all the wires to see if any are loose....If not check for a short someplace...Something is not making a good connection....I don't know if you have these places where you are but here we have auto zone and some of these places will put it on a machine (FREE) and they can tell you right away....

i have a 1997 with the same problem on the headlights, i replaced the headlight switch where you turn your headlights on. i own an auto shop and have found that this piece goes defective on alot of these vehicles, as far as the starting issue i would replace the two battery cables on the vehicle that go from the starter to the batter as this also has a tendecy to go bad....it could also be the switch for the headlights causing a draw on the battery, the eaised way to test for a batterty draw is with a test light. this can be purchased at autozone for 10bucks or so...once you get that dissconnect the negative battery cable and put one end of the test light to the battery and the other end to the cable if the light comes on you have a power source draining your battery...in this case you may want to take it someone and do and electrical test or you could start pulling fuses one by one until the light goes out. make sure that if you do this once you pull the fuse if it doesnt turn the light off put the fuse back..do this until the light goes out. make sure that the doors are closed and the ignition is off when u are doing this...let me know what you find and i can futher assit you from there.

It sounds like you have a short of somekind. I hope you figure it out soon. Please let me know if that isn't it. I have the same van, and it might come in handy sometime.

I hate to tell you this, but it sounds like something is wrong with the electrical layout of your van somewhere. It could be that there is simply a short in one of the wires or it could possibly be as severe as the computer needing to be replaced. I hope that it isn't the computer for you because that is expensive to fix. I used to have a 98 Dodge Neon, and I can tell you that in the three years that I had that car it was nothing but problems. I hope that your luck with your van doesn't turn into this.

It does indeed sound like you have an electrical short of some kind somewhere. Also, the starting issue could be a battery issue, I would have that tested as well. What were the flashing lights on your dash for? And by that I mean, were they specific warning lights? or just all of them?