Expert: Roland Finston - 8/9/2011

Question
Hi. I have minivan Town & Country Limited 2002, after run 30 minutes the lights on yellow ABS, red Park & track off. When run in highway the lights donīt turn on, but in city turn on. The minivan does not have rihne original, has those of a Jeep Liberty. Thank you.

Answer
Hi Javier,
I am not quite understanding what you mean by  "the lights on yellow ABS, red Park & track off".  If you mean the ABS light comes 'on', the Park light comes 'on' and the Trac Off light comes "on", then my first suggestion would be to see if the brake fluid reservoir at the master cylinder shows that the level of brake fluid is low, because a low level of fluid will cause the Park lamp to go "on", and maybe also the other lamps.
As to the headlights, do you mean that the low beams (city) work but that the high beam (highway) don't work? If that is the case, I would first check whether the bulb filaments are conducting or are open (burned out). The system that powers the headlamps is now computer controlled so I can't even suggest a fuse or a relay that might be the cause. Thus I would start by making sure the headlamps themselves don't have burned out high beams filaments. If those are OK then it could be a faulty headlamp switch but that would be tested with an ohm meter.
Both the abs brake system and the headlamp system are subject to diagnosis with a fault code reader that plugs into a socket under the dash. If you can get a fault code readout we might get a specific code or fault name that we could then work from. The abs readout is done separately from looking for a problem with the lights so the person using the reader has to ask for the codes from each of those systems independently.  
Finally what is the meaning of the word 'rihne'?
Roland