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Old Sep 1, 2021 | 03:14 PM
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On my drive to work this morning I noticed interior lights flickering aswell as headlight switch was also working intermittently so the pop ups sometimes went up an down. I also remembered that DIC reading were reset on another occasion. Could it be a ground issue or loose battery terminal? I do t think it's the headlight gears car only 25k miles on it.
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Old Sep 1, 2021 | 03:25 PM
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On my drive to work this morning I noticed interior lights flickering aswell as headlight switch was also working intermittently so the pop ups sometimes went up an down. I also remembered that DIC reading were reset on another occasion. Could it be a ground issue or loose battery terminal? I do t think it's the headlight gears car only 25k miles on it.
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Year and model may help. As for the problem, my guess is a bad ground somewhere. There are several grounding points on the car, with a few under the hood. Two problem areas are on each side of the car, 1 behind each headlight. There are good stickies about this at the top of the 'C5 tech' page. One is written by Bill Curlee, and is one everyone should read. Hope this helps some.
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My bad it's a 02 z06 ... thanks for the reply though
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Could be a bad ground connection. How old is the battery?
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Definitely going to check that after work today
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I agree on checking for a bad ground somewhere and check your battery. A battery going bad can cause some strange happenings.
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Great thanks for the help everyone 👍
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