It is best described as a progressoin...
On a trip
-Right blinker (front) went out on a trip as evidenced by hyper-blink mode, on right only the rear working. Elected to fix when got home.
-someone mentioned that my right tail light (the bulb in the middle of 3) was out- elected to fix when I got home
-on the way home , still, lost all headlites but passenger dim, limped in on fog lites. yikes!

Bought new blinker bulb and tail lite, had some H-7 OEM on hand. Replaced headlites, blinker. they all worked (except nightmare replacement hi beam on passenger side, predumed that is burned out, that's for another day). Tail light still doesn't work, even when switching bulb out from the left side where it works fine. But I am pleased with the progress, so drive the I car to work. Lost all headlites and blinkers as before, only drove 5 minutes.

Rechecked all fuses, even switched fuses from circuits known to be good. Noticed that the headlight indicator dash light(blue) was on regardless of the position of the high beam indicator lever, then when I pulled on the hi beam actuator lever, my radar detector turned on... it's plugged into the cigarette lighter. Very weird. Bad JuJu. Double checked this, and yes, with no key in the ignition, by turning on the headlight switch and pulling the lever for high beams, the V-1 fires up from the cigarette lighter, has to be Vooddoo.

This 2004 Xfire has 129k on the odomoter, has been my everyday driver and provided great service.Only issue is I have had the main computer module replaced at about 107k, to the tune of $2700 at the dealership after they took over a month total to figure that out and finally fix it for good. Who knows what it finally was, they finally admitted they figured it out by taking parts off another crossfire that was in for service. They are Chrysler mechanics lost in Mercedes space, I really don't want to pay them again to scratch their head for a month...

Ideas? anyone solved a similar problem? The only change from OEM is I upgraded to 65 watt Osram H-7 bulbs for the headlights, but that was in 2005, and it has all worded great, I drive a lot of back roads at night.

Ideas, or a recommendation of a knowledgeable mechanic in the Seattle and North corridor, I am an hour north of Seattle.
Thanks