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December 26th, 2010, 08:31 PM
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1995 Mustang
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Tampa
Posts: 27
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Headlights flicker by themselves
Hello, I am having a pretty serious issue with my headlights flickering on and off by themselves. Its really odd, it first did it about a month ago and has not done it again until this week.What they do is flicker and then turn off for maybe 15-20sec and then turn back on,once back on for maybe 30sec or so they repeat the process,while sometimes flickering wildly.Please help me, I cannot drive my car at night like this.
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December 26th, 2010, 08:38 PM
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 1995 SVT Cobra
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Fall River, MA and Juffair, Bahrain
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The combination switch that holds your turn signal/windshield wiper controls is the first place I'd look. The 12v source for the headlights goes through there.
Second place would be the headlight switch itself but its less likely to be at fault than the combination switch.
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December 26th, 2010, 08:46 PM
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1995 Mustang
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Thank you,I will check that tomorrow.
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December 26th, 2010, 08:58 PM
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1995 SVT Cobra
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You're better off just replacing the thing with one from a junkyard. Not much you can do as far as troubleshooting it. I have disassembled, cleaned and reassembed the combination switch in all three of my cars to fix this problem. You can try the same rather than shelling out $80 or so to replace it with a new one. Its very easy, just make sure you reassemble it the exact way it came apart. Use a very fine grit sandpaper to clean the copper connections inside until they are shiny.
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1995 SVT Cobra #182/4005, 275/305, 217k miles 1996 SVT Mystic Cobra #1666/2000, 267/263, 178k miles 1995 Mustang, 3.8L, 233k miles 1993 Mustang LX, 2.3L, T5 convert, 95 GT suspension swap, 03 Cobra steering rack, 250k miles sold: 1987 GT MM Military Crew Member MM+Cleavage member #21
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December 26th, 2010, 09:11 PM
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1995 Mustang
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Tampa
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OK then I will try and clean the switch and see what that does,if that does not fix the problem then I will buy another switch.Thanks for the help.
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