2002 Dodge Caravan Ignition coil

FKLODNER

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2002 DODGE CARAVAN
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
180,000 MILES

I have a 2002 caravan and am having a problem the car was fine but after I got off the high way it started to run really rough I thought it might be a plug wire and niticed one of the plugs have no spark could it be the ignition coil also drivers side tail light is out changed all the bulbs and checked all the fuses and all are ok but no power is going to it for driving light and lights turn works and break works just no light

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 AT 7:03 AM

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JDL

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Hi, one coil fires two plugs. So, if problem with coil,should be two dead cylinders. Maybe just a plug wire? Cylinders one and four fire together. 2&5--3&6, You get the picture. There could also be an issue with one of the ground circuits going to the coil pack. As far as the driver side tail lamp. The white wire with brown tracer carries the voltage, if no voltage, backtrack the circuit. There is a splice for that circuit S313, located at left rear quater panel, I'd have to look in order to locate.

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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 AT 12:10 PM

FKLODNER

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[JUST AN UPDATE COIL WAS THE PROBLEM AS FOR THE TAIL LIGHT IT WAS JUST A FUSE AFTER ALL FOUND OUT AFTER I TOOK THE WHOLE TRUNK APART TO TRACK DOWN THE WIRES THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP GUYS GREATLY APPRECIATED Hi, one coil fires two plugs. So, if problem with coil,should be two dead cylinders. Maybe just a plug wire? Cylinders one and four fire together. 2&5--3&6, You get the picture. There could also be an issue with one of the ground circuits going to the coil pack. As far as the driver side tail lamp. The white wire with brown tracer carries the voltage, if no voltage, backtrack the circuit. There is a splice for that circuit S313, located at left rear quater panel, I'd have to look in order to locate.

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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 AT 8:07 AM

JDL

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Glad you got it going. If it had been a fuse, none of your tail lites would have worked. According to the MOD database. Databases are not always correct. Sorry, if I caused you any extra work. Have a good day.

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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010 AT 9:10 AM