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AnswertHE DIMMER PART OF THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH WILL HAVE MORE CURRENT IF THE LIGHTS ARE TURNED LOW. THE SAME VOLTAGE AND MORE RESISTANCE EQUALS HIGHER CURRENT, SO HAVING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS SET BRIGHT IS BETTER FOR THE SWITCH.

I had the same problem, my mechanic said the Body Control Module was bad, but he didn't had the computer to program the new module.

In total I paid $400. Diagnosis problem, replacement and program new body control module. And guess what? It didn't fix the problem and they would not refund my money so I called the B.B.B. and nicely told the shop they had 5 days to return my money is a repair that they said would fix the problem but did nothing.

Since the Dealer had to program the new body control module and after the lights still did not work I asked they what would cause the problem. They said in most cases the headlight switch was the cause. "Even if I never use it" (light sentinel system).

They told me that the dimmer part of the switch goes bad. So I went home, took the Instrument Panel off, removed the headlight switch and it was melted. $125 later the new switch was bought and installed, it took about1 1/2 hours and was well worth the time I spent.

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