Tell me about your ballast resistor failure.

Yep.
The original ballast resistors failed frequently. Most Chrysler products that got towed in to the shop I worked in as a kid, needed a ballast resistor.
It was commonplace after a good rain, some cars, with bad hood gaps, that got wet alot, would actually crack.
I havent seen that many short out like years ago, not sure if they beefed them up internally.
But the ones that didnt start, just cranked, as soon as you swapped out the resistor, they fired right up. Like clockwork.