Help! Instrument panel light intermitting

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Feb 10, 2009 | 12:41 PM

drstinnett

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Help! Instrument panel light intermitting

I have a 98 vette, a few days ago I noticed that I had no instrument panel lights, no fog lamps and no rear lights. Several minutes later every thing came back on. A few days later it happen again, never came back on. Yesterday same problem but the lights came on and I turned them off quite a few times and I could not duplicate the problem. Today, I turned the lights on and everything is working just fine. Any answers or solutions to this problem?

Feb 10, 2009 | 12:53 PM

rpm462

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Maybe a bad multifunction switch on your steering column. Do a search on it and should give you some info.

Feb 10, 2009 | 02:06 PM

drstinnett

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I did some research after I posted my question and it appears to be the headlight switch.

Feb 10, 2009 | 03:06 PM

rpm462

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I did some research after I posted my question and it appears to be the headlight switch.

Yes, the same thing...don't think it's that hard to swap out. Good luck.

Feb 10, 2009 | 05:30 PM

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Yes, the same thing...don't think it's that hard to swap out. Good luck.

Mine was a combination of the headlight switch and the side mount termnals on my battery not being deep enough to fully seat the battery cable bolts.
Put a new headlight switch in; still had a minor intermitent blinking, put two copper washers on the battry bolts; problem solved.
I have read here on the forum that some new batteries aren't drilled deep enough so I might check that first; I used a couple of copper washers from the hardware store. . .