Re: Headlight Flickering

From: Jim Miller (jim76712@swbell.net)
Date: Sun Nov 04 2001 - 23:56:58 EST


You have a bulb drawing too much current and there is a termal circuit breaker
tripping. It may be a weak braker also

Tim Berry wrote:

> Hey, I think I remember some posts about this earlier in the year about the
> headlight switch going bad, but I'm not sure... Mine only flickers when
> I've had them on for some time... Ive noticed this 2 times, and they switch
> on and off like at a constant rate... just the headlights... I drove
> about 2 mins w/ just the foglights on after I noticed it, and switched my
> headlights back on, and they worked fine for about 5 mins, and started to go
> on and off again.... and finally stopped... they worked fine the rest of
> the way home... it did this about 2 weeks ago too....
>
> I noticed my headlight switch seems warm when this happens, so, thats what
> Im thinkin... anyone got any ideas?? :-) Thankies!
>
> Tim Berry - 97 CC SLT 318 4x2
> 13.504@101.91 w/ Powerdyne @ 8PSI
> Vortech T-Trim 10PSI - Installed



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