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Jul 22, 2017 | 01:01 PM

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GCG

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Did you try enabling Twilight Sentinel and testing if under low light conditions it works?

Check Post 25 above.

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Jul 22, 2017 | 01:14 PM

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Sorry, my last post was before I saw the last few. So I turned on the twilight sentinel and the lights went up for about 20 seconds and then went down (I'm sure because of the sun). So does that help with the diagnosis?

Jul 22, 2017 | 01:15 PM

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That means your HCM is working properly, there is no connection problem, and the problem most likely lies in your MFS.

Jul 22, 2017 | 01:18 PM

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Lights on

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YES lights went on by themself in dark garage!!

MFS ???

Jul 22, 2017 | 01:24 PM

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YES lights went on by themself in dark garage!!

MFS ???

MultiFunction Stalk. It's the stalk that controls yiur headlights, turn signals, etc. I din't have any experience diagnosing it so I'll leave it to others.

Jul 22, 2017 | 01:41 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kingbert06

Sorry, my last post was before I saw the last few. So I turned on the twilight sentinel and the lights went up for about 20 seconds and then went down (I'm sure because of the sun). So does that help with the diagnosis?

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Originally Posted by Kingbert06

YES lights went on by themself in dark garage!!

MFS ???

Yes. Most likely it's your multifunction switch (MFS)

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Jul 22, 2017 | 02:08 PM

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Oem

Any thoughts on aftermarket or go with OEM?

Jul 25, 2017 | 10:59 AM

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Lights On

first I want to thank GCG and 8VETTE7 for all the help and support. It is the MFS causing the problems, the contact is not making a good connection. I did bend the bad just a little and was able to get them to work. Last night I tried them a few times and it was good, but then when I wanted them on they would not go back up. I will try to bend just a little more and maybe apply a little electronic grease to the contact.