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Suggestion · Original poster
Can I replace the headlamp switch without disconnecting the battery without trouble?
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So if you disconnect the battery your radoi will work after the reconnection of your battery.
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Suggestion · Original poster
Can I replace the headlamp switch without disconnecting the battery without trouble?
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I would rather do it myself and avoid using a shop for the work.
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I have experienced intermittant functioning headights in my 2003 Cab for the last two months. I knew there was a problem when the Xenon lights didn't turn on immediately with the switch, but they did after a minute or so. Well, last night an hour away from home the lights stopped working with the switch completely. I drove home pulling on the high-beam lever for an hour, as that activated the high beams.
Anyway, I will look at the fuses after writing this, but don't see that as the problem. Fuses either work or don't so the intermittant issues I had seem to point toward the switch. It seems the switch isn't an uncommonly replaced part according to several on this site.
How easy is it to replace the switch? I would rather do it myself and avoid using a shop for the work.
Any other ideas that might help me diagnose this? This forum has been very helpful.
Thanks for your help.
Kurt
Your issue sounds like the switch. It's pretty easy to replace. I had some of the same symptoms on my car. The whole replacement takes maybe 30 minutes to complete.
Do a search on this forum on exactly what to do but it requires taking the left vent off and removing three screws and one big nut that holds the switch in.
Can I replace the headlamp switch without disconnecting the battery without trouble? I would rather not, as I am worried that the radio won't work afterwards since I don't have the security code for it.
Thanks for your help.
Kurt
Kurt, the radio code is programmed into the ECU in the '03 and '04 model years. So if you disconnect the battery your radoi will work after the reconnection of your battery.
