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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 11:55 PM
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When I hit my brakes, or push a button on my door, my headlights dim. Also my driver's side headlight goes on and off randomly when I change from low beam to high beam and high to low.

Is it a bad ground, if so which one?


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Old Jun 24, 2009 | 11:58 PM
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My lights dim when I put on the brakes as well!
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 12:53 PM
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Same here. Was about to search this to look for an answer.
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 02:11 PM
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Did the search and found these threads. Looks like a fairly common problem. Hope this helps.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...ights-dim.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...n-signals.html

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...ts-go-dim.html
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My lights dim when I put on the brakes as well!
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Old Jun 25, 2009 | 03:16 PM
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Current draw,normal,mine also dim when the A/C comp. comes on.
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I think that's a feature of the C5 stock lighting. I do not notice that since I installed the HIDs from Jhonathan_W.
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What about my driver's side light dimming completely, i can shake it and it will come back on. Do I need to unplug and clean connections?
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