On my 2002 Caravan and a friend's 1996 T&C, the lead battery cable
clamps need replacing. The cables are too short to use an aftermarket
clamp-on-wire type replacement battery clamp. It's ridiculous that on
both of these vehicles, they didn't use cables that are an inch or two
longer.
The service manual and the dealer states that in such cases the whole
battery wiring harness needs to be replaced. I find it hard to believe
that no service kits or work arounds are available.
As a worse case repair, I'll cut and splice the cable but wonder if
there is a better procedure.
Anyone else run into this?
Doug
