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Old Jul 10, 2006 | 03:51 PM
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I am in need of advice. When headlights are on dash & tail lights fade off, yet w/ parking lights only on all's well. Anyone have this problem before? Any clues as to the cause of this problem? Beau
 
Old Jul 11, 2006 | 03:01 PM
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i think you have a bad light switch.
what year and model ?
 
Old Jul 11, 2006 | 07:21 PM
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My 95 DX does something similar every now and then. Sometimes when I turn the headlights on the dash lights and the parking light don't come on. I found I could reach down under the dash and "jiggle" the fuse block and all the lights would come on like they are supposed to. It must be a bad connection or bad ground, but I haven't been able to figure out which connection yet. This is the kind of thing electrical fires are made of. Hope this helps.
 
Old Jul 12, 2006 | 03:12 PM
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check your ground wires also... they might be coroded realy bad and need to be replaced!
 
Old Jul 12, 2006 | 05:59 PM
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I know when I turn on the lights in my car, the gear indicators dim, but I'm pretty sure that's normal, cuz otherwise they'ed sear your retina's in the dark .
 
Old Jul 12, 2006 | 06:14 PM
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ya do know thiers a dimmer ****.LMFAO
 
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