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For those of you who have had intermittent headlights...

Postby jspitz » Tue Jan 12, 2016 8:47 am

For those of you who have had intermittent headlights, did dielectric grease fix the issue? My '06 at 153k miles has an intermittent passenger-side headlight. A light touch to the wiring harness behind the light made it turn back on.

I pulled the bulb, cleaned the contacts on it a bit, plugged it back in, verified that it lit, put the bulb back in the housing, turned the lights on again, and nothing. Another touch to the harness turned the light back on, after which, a bit of wiggling doesn't seem to make the light cut back out. So it is "fixed" - at least for a short while.

My fear is the connector on the harness is the bad spot, but since I've noticed a few of you here have had a similar problem, I figured I'd ask.

Somewhat related - Oddly, I don't even remember replacing the headlight bulbs on the Pathy, but I must have at some point.

Thanks!


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