Check your ignition switch. This sounds like one of the standard
symptoms of that switch failing (the X circuit in your Bentley, fwiw.)

On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 12:03  PM, David Most wrote:

> So, any ideas what's going on?  I've towed the vanagon like this over
> longer stretches without this problem arising.  It would be great to
> have
> some guidance before I just start replacing parts, and I realize that
> the
> towing and headlight failure could just be coincidental.