I made it a whole month without the POS acting up. Now the dash lights/tail lights will not come on when you turn them on, drive a little bit and they magically come on.

 

Had the exact same problem. Sometimes they would work and sometimes not. Finally they stopped working all together. It was the turn signal/light switch. Replaced it and all is fine. I recall it listing at about $90 or so.

 

What all is involved in changing that out?

 

I had it replaced during some other maintence so I'm gonna do a little guessing. I did look up the r/r on this in one of the manuals. It looked pretty straight forward. The dash surround on the steering wheel comes off, then it looks like a couple of bolts hold it in place and one connector. I almost changed it out myself, but I wasn't 100% sure if that was my problem. In hind sight, I should have changed it and saved myself the diagnostic and installation charge. Good luck with this.

 

Isn't this the classic hazard switch problem?????

If not... here's how to replace your multifunction switch;

Replacing Steering Multifunction Switch

1. Remove the two screws on the knee pad under (Torx head screw).

2. Use a thin screwdriver to lift the small panel out around the trunk release switch and disconnect the switch connector. Remove the screw behind the trunk release switch panel.

3. Lift the small (vent looking) panel next to the ignition switch and remove the screw behind it.

4. Pull the knee pad panel out...there is a couple of spring load clips (friction fastener) holding the panel in on the left side of the panel.

5. Remove the two torx head screw under the cover for the steering column just below the steering wheel.

6. Split the top and bottom section of this cover and remove the bottom cover. (Top and bottom covers at jointed at the base with small hooks on each side). The top cover would not be removable yet.

7. Remove the two Torx screws (silver in color...this is extended out verse the indentation you have on normal screw head...if you don't have a socket for torx, try using a small hex socket) from underneath...they hold the top half of the cover. Then remove the top cover.

8. Remove one top screw on the top part of the steering holding the turn signal switch. The second one faces you on your lower left when you are sitting in the car...try turning the steering wheel to the left so the flat part of the airbag is on the left for easier access. THIS SCREW IS KIND OF TRICKY...DON'T STRIP THE TORX HEAD!!! I didn't have the right tool so I use a Torx head socket and use a slip joint pliers to turn it slowly....I think it is best if you have a torx head that is the right size (25) that fits into one of those multifunction screw driver head is best then you can use an ratchet box wrench or an open wrench to turn it. Loosing this is remove all the way by fingers (this is the most time consuming part). Replace switch by attaching the two screws back then swap the two connectors with the old/bad switch....

9. Reinstall the rest in reverse order.... If you have the right tool for the last torx screw... you should be able to do this in less than 30 minutes.

 

I took it all apart, Hosed (literally soaked it) the whole switch down with WD-40 and played with it for about 5 min. Eveything works good now...every time.
Must have been dirty contact inside.

Also those R&R instructions are good untill you get the switch unscrewed. How do you get the harness off it? I didnt take it off and it works now, but I couldnt figure it out.