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The lights are acting strange on my Silverado. Some times I only get the daytime running lights and they usually come on with the ignition. Other times, I get low beams only and pulling the dimmer switch does nothing. The randomly it goes back to normal and now sometimes I loose headlights altogether.
The first thing I did was to check all the fuses and they're fine. Since these are noted for problems with the multifunction switch, I figured it couldn't hurt to change it. My old lady had a Cavalier the same year and when it lost low beams, a new switch fixed it and this one is remarkably like similar... So yesterday I put in a new switch and took it for a short test drive and it seemed OK. Today I drove it further and now it's back to the same old problems.
I had planned to change the headlight relay too but the one I got from the auto parts store had 4 pins and the only one the same size under the dash where it's supposed to be has 5 pins. The 2 local auto parts stores have nothing like it.
So I now have a truck that can only be driven in daylight hours only. Any suggestions as to what to do next?
Tony
The first thing I did was to check all the fuses and they're fine. Since these are noted for problems with the multifunction switch, I figured it couldn't hurt to change it. My old lady had a Cavalier the same year and when it lost low beams, a new switch fixed it and this one is remarkably like similar... So yesterday I put in a new switch and took it for a short test drive and it seemed OK. Today I drove it further and now it's back to the same old problems.
I had planned to change the headlight relay too but the one I got from the auto parts store had 4 pins and the only one the same size under the dash where it's supposed to be has 5 pins. The 2 local auto parts stores have nothing like it.
So I now have a truck that can only be driven in daylight hours only. Any suggestions as to what to do next?
Tony