this recently happened to me. It was the headlight switch... totally
trashed... burned a hole in it and stuff... headlights would come on and
off at their leasure, and if I tried the high beams... forget it! Got it
replaced for just under 190 at the dealer.
-mike d.
---> Yorktown, Va.
miggitymike@juno.com
88 6er LE, lowered, modded, and painted =)
http://members.xoom.com/dakotaperf/index.html
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 07:25:19 -0800 (PST) J McKinney
<bigmopar4x4@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hey Bob, I have the same problem on my old (now dad's) '91
> LE. I believe we have the same high-beam control on the
> turn signal switch, right? We don't DARE try to switch to
> high beams while we're driving because the lights will go
> out. I believe it's in the turn signal/high beam switch.
> I haven't installed a new one yet, but would almost
> guarantee that's the problem.
> John
>
> --- Bob King <k85go76@erols.com> wrote:
> > Listen to this. About two weeks ago I started having
> > problems with my
> > headlights. I have a '95 SLT CC with the pull-type
> > dash-mounted
> > headlight/parking light/dome light switch. I went to
> > turn on my headlights
> > and they didn't come on. Tried pushing-pulling the switch
> > a couple of times
> > and they finally came on. Had this same thing happen a
> > couple of times
> > several days later until one night I tried it and the
> > lights once again
> > didn't come on (only parking lights and dash lights were
> > on). High beams
> > didn't work either, but my passing flashers did activate
> > the headlights
> > momentarily ( as would be the case with these) when the
> > turn signal/wiper
> > stalk was pulled back. Still, trying and fiddling with
> > the switch this time;
> > no headlights no matter what I tried. I made a quick
> > assessment that I had
> > a bad headlight switch. (Luckily ,I have a fairly strong
> > pair of driving
> > lamps that I used as backup to keep me driving at night)
> > .
> >
> > I bought a new switch at Pep Boys and $56 later and
> > pulling apart the dash
> > to replace, I finally had working headlights. Life was
> > good!...for about 4
> > nights... until tonight when I came out of a store,
> > hopped into the Dak,
> > fired it up and hit the headlight switch....AGAIN, NO
> > HEADLIGHTS! God, was
> > I pissed! The exact same symptoms as I had
> > before..parking lights OK, dash
> > lights OK, NO high beams, can activate the passing
> > flasher. I fumed all the
> > way home relying on my trusty Pilot driving lamps.
> > Stopped at the local
> > Burger Barn for a Chix sandwich and when I came back out,
> > tried the
> > headlight switch again....THE HEADLIGHTS CAME ON!!! This
> > is making me nuts!
> > I have a sneaking suspicion I threw away a perfectly good
> > headlight switch
> > on the repair and I have a loose connection somewhere in
> > there.
> >
> > Does anyone have an idea where I should start my search
> > for the "bad actor"
> > in this sick little episode?
> >
> > Many thanks (in advance) and Happy Holidays fellow
> > DMLers!!
> >
> > Bob King
> > Pennsville, NJ
> >
> >
>
>
> =====
> John McKinney
> Los Banos, CA
> 1998 Dakota 4x4 5in lift/locked 33" Swampers
> 1974 Ramcharger 4in lift/locked 33" BFG MT's
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