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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 12:54 AM
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when i turn my headlights on the dash does not light up anymore. same thing with my rear parking lights. my headlights and breaklights work fine. also when i was driving i downshifted, brought the rpms up high and my dashlights and parking lights came on . but now they are not working again.. any suggestions

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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 12:55 AM
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forgot to mention that my digital temp control also went out at the same time....
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 04:13 AM
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The headlight switch is the culprit. There are contacts in the switch responsible for turning on your parking and dash lights that can fail over time. See this thread for the fix, or order a new switch (cheapest I found for a new switch was ~$140 on eBay). Pretty easy to replace. If your car has the twilight sentinel option, you can turn it on and see that the parking and dash light work.
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Old Mar 20, 2008 | 01:23 PM
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I would attempt switch repair!!!!


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