Check door harnesses in the boot for window door problems, broken wires. The doors locking when driving may be just the rolling door lock enabled. Once vehicle reaches 5mph door automatically lock, not sure though.

 

As for your gauges, are you talking about the instrument cluster(speedometer, fuel, temp, etc)? If so, have you tried pulling it out and cleaning the connector behind it?

 

^^this

Mine did the same thing the other day when it was 7 degrees outside. As Coralman suggested, I believe the door locks are activating because the BCM reads the speedometer. Auto lock is enabled and each time it passes through 15 MPH from zero, the doors lock because for some reason. The door lock state is being reset when the cluster goes out. Not sure why. Probably something happening on the the magic bus.

My plan of attack is cleaning the cluster connector when I install Coralman's medium rare steak.

 

my 96 did the SAME EXACT THING last wwek when it snowed and got down into the single digit temps. When the gauge cluster dies (gauge cluster backlighting still works, but all gauges go dead) the door locks/windows all die as well. As in, when the cluster dies, you cannout roll the windows up/down from ANY door.

 

Yes the exact same in mine!! Did you ever figure it out?

 

Lol, don't forget to marinate in michelob!

 

I'm beginning to think that this is bad solder joints in the BCM. Referencing back to the soldering process problems Chrysler was having in 96 and 97.

 

I replaced the bcm?!? Chances of both having only those same exact problems?

 

i wouldnt take those odds.. but i've never been lucky.

i didnt try my windows when mine went out. the service manual says:

The BCM receives inputs from the ignition switch
and the door ajar switches. The programming in the
BCM allows it to process the information from these
inputs and send ignition switch and door ajar status
messages to the DDM and PDM on the CCD data
bus. The DDM and PDM use this information to control
the lighting of the power window switch lamps,
and to control the operation of the power window
after ignition off feature.

so i gather from this, combined with the behavior of the instrument panel, that the BCM is either losing, or thinks it is losing the ignition voltage.

i believe that pulling one of the fuses in the kick panel will make it exhibit the same behavior.... 7 or 8 i think.

 

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but did you find the solution to your problem Snowsmashin? My gauge cluster just started dying like yours did today, I don't know if the windows stopped working or not. I guess if it keeps doing it I'll try cleaning the connector. Thanks.

 

SOLUTION FOUND! In my case I noticed starting a few months ago, the overhead map lights and exterior temp gauge would not work and with a wiggle of the overhead unit, they would work for a while. It progressively got worse and the last few weeks they were really bad. Then a couple weeks ago the gauges started working off and on, noticing they could go out or on in a turn, on a bump or when I turned the ignition a quarter inch. When I removed the overhead console to fix the map light issue, I found a red connector barely hanging on and loose. Since I secured it tightly the map lights and dash gauges have been fine, even after a 30 minute drive over bumps. It usually starts acting up as soon as I start it! Let's hope for the best!

 

Sorry, old thread. And here I am. But i came across this while trying to troubleshoot the same issues. How is that red connector related to the gages? Im losing my mind over here trying to figure out my gages

 

CCD digital communication bus (which controls the cluster) also goes to overhead console
circuit D1 and D2 a twisted pair

 

C339 the red connector at the overhead carries the CCD bus wires D1 and D2

 

CCD BUS

Circuits D1 and D2 connect the Powertrain Control
Module (PCM) to the CCD Bus. Circuit D1 connects
to cavity C30 of the PCM. Circuit D2 connects to cav-
ity C28 of the PCM. Circuits D1 and D2 are a
twisted pair of wires.
Several modules and controllers broadcast and
receive data on the CCD Bus. Each module or con-
troller is enabled to receive only certain messages.
The PCM broadcasts the following messages on the
CCD bus.
• Engine RPM
• Injector on-time and distance pulses
• Vehicle speed
• Engine temperature
• Battery temperature
• Oil pressure

 

Well that is certainly way more of an in depth response than I expected. Thank you. If im following all of this correctly, it is essentially the same concept as all of the other "fixes" others have found for this issue, the only difference among them all is WHERE on the bus each of us has had a short/disconnect/wiring issue of some sort.... thanks again, I appreciate your detailed response. Im slowly but surely chasing this down and narrowing my potential problem area on the bus.