I'd be interested in the # too. 
Multi Function Switch
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From: Gloucester Twp. NJ
Multi Function Switch
Hi all I need a little help. Does anyone know the part number for the headlight / multi function switch. I need to order one so my dash and tail lights start working again.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
Safety Car
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From: Knocked up in NH
Originally Posted by cawmtg
Hi all I need a little help. Does anyone know the part number for the headlight / multi function switch. I need to order one so my dash and tail lights start working again.
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by Queen Bee
are you sure it's the multi switch.....i have the same prob and i brought mine in on friday and it's the "head lamp switch" that's faulty......also a lot more $$ ($423 + diagnostic) than the multi switch. my multi switch is fine......damn corvette repairs
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From: Gloucester Twp. NJ
Symptoms are no dash lights, tail lights and fog lights. Sometimes they work sometimes they don't. And as luck would have it my headlights are grinding when they close. Guess i'll be ordering the brass gears as well.
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From: Knocked up in NH
Originally Posted by jedicowboy
What were the symtoms?
Everything else works ok (headlights, brakes lights, front & back directionals)
Melting Slicks
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Interesting... the same exact symptoms yet two different problems. My headlights/brakelightsturnsignals work fine. It is the tail, fog, interior,reverse lights that are intermitent. I can get them to come on I just have to flip the little switch back and forth to parking light and off maybe a dozen or more times. What do you guys think? Headlight switch or Multi-switch?
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From: Gloucester Twp. NJ
Originally Posted by jedicowboy
Interesting... the same exact symptoms yet two different problems. My headlights/brakelightsturnsignals work fine. It is the tail, fog, interior,reverse lights that are intermitent. I can get them to come on I just have to flip the little switch back and forth to parking light and off maybe a dozen or more times. What do you guys think? Headlight switch or Multi-switch?
Melting Slicks
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Friend,
If you could take pictures and do a write-up that would be excellent. I am sure they would save it as a Tech Tip since it seems to happen to other vettes quite a bit. I, for one, would really like to see the process considering I will have to do this in the very near future.
If you could take pictures and do a write-up that would be excellent. I am sure they would save it as a Tech Tip since it seems to happen to other vettes quite a bit. I, for one, would really like to see the process considering I will have to do this in the very near future.
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by joshuac5alive
The headlamp switch and the multifunction switch are the same switch. Left side of steering wheel. The contacts inside go bad and it causes all these different symptoms.
Joshua
Joshua
Does anyone have a play-by-play on how to switch this out? Tools needed, steps taken, etc? It would be much appreciated and would probably make a great tech tip
-Nate
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A co-member posted some instructions for me about a month ago...try a seach on my log in name.
Here's the big issue. Turn the steering wheel to gain access to the torx screw hidden by the wheel on the drivers side of the column. Once you see it, you'll need a long torx screw driver to undo this screw. The screw driver will not go to this screw straight on....it will be off angle, YET if you are patient and carefull you can remove the screw this way....DO NOT STRIP it. Else, this screw is why the factory manual says to remove the steering wheel.
Here's the big issue. Turn the steering wheel to gain access to the torx screw hidden by the wheel on the drivers side of the column. Once you see it, you'll need a long torx screw driver to undo this screw. The screw driver will not go to this screw straight on....it will be off angle, YET if you are patient and carefull you can remove the screw this way....DO NOT STRIP it. Else, this screw is why the factory manual says to remove the steering wheel.
Melting Slicks
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Been there done that. an hour and a hAlf, in and out. You'll need to be creative with you tools though. I used a combination of torx and allen wrenches to extract the screws and becareful removing the covers they inter-lock on the backside. Once you have the covers off it goes quick, 2 screws from what I remember. Make sure the contacts line up correctly when you reinstall the new switch. In fact carefully watch how the old one comes off to see how it fits together. The part is roughly $130 from GMpartsdirect and $260 from the stealership plus labor plus the damage the Corvette specialist can exact on your car while in his posession. This is an easier DIY.
