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light switch

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It was the light switch.
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instrument panel gauge lights not turning on??

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Install headlight switch, the round ****

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They installed a new headlight switch, the round **** that turns on the lights.
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Install headlight switch, the round ****

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They installed a new headlight switch, the round **** that turns on the lights.
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instrument panel gauge lights not turning on??

Replace switch

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Just had the exact same thing, dealer replaced the switch under warranty.
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Run over a bump

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They will turn on eventually or if I run over a bump, so I think its a loose connection, can anyone help me!?
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Install headlight switch, the round ****

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They installed a new headlight switch, the round **** that turns on the lights.
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Replace switch

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Just had the exact same thing, dealer replaced the switch under warranty.
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Run over a bump

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They will turn on eventually or if I run over a bump, so I think its a loose connection, can anyone help me!?
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instrument panel gauge lights not turning on??

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light switch

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It was the light switch.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Help, I got an '04 C2, when I turn the lights on at night, the gauge cluster lights (numbers that light up on the gauges) do not always come on! sometimes they do, sometimes they dont! They will turn on eventually or if I run over a bump, so I think its a loose connection, can anyone help me!? P.S. the OBC screen always turns on, its just the gauge lighting.. i cant see RPM, Oil Pressure etc... when these gauge cluster lights are out!

POST 2Original post

Wow, that's weird. I have no idea what that could be. Sorry.

POST 3Original post

Its an 04 Take it to the dealer, and let them worry about it.It could a few things, could be a bad connector , a loose wire, bad ground,bad relay...its under warranty let them deal with it

POST 4Original post

Just had the exact same thing, dealer replaced the switch under warranty.

POST 5Original post

Just take a 16 oz. framing hammer and hit the .... no, wait, wrong fix..... what they said ^ ! Take it to the dealer and have them check it out.

POST 6Original post

It happened to me last quarter. It was the light switch. dealer replaced it

POST 7 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

by light switch, do you guys mean the actual round **** that turns on the lights from inside the car? or some kind of switch/relay/connection in the wiring? thx!

POST 8Original post

relay i'm guessing electrical problems are not fun let the dealer worry about it

POST 9 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

just for archive purposes, the instument cluster lights were fixed by the dealer. They installed a new headlight switch, the round **** that turns on the lights.

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