Skip to main content
vanagon.com
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
VanagonEuroVan
Subject:Re: '91 Westy - Yikes, lights! NOT(ALWAYS carry a spare headlight switch)
Date:Sun, 16 Sep 2001 05:08:11 EDT

In a message dated 9/16/01 1:49:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mtbikerbob@MSN.COM writes:

>
> First time poster/reader....yur all a blast...good info. My problem: my
> headlights go out periodically on long trips. I'll go into a gas station to
> fill and turn things on and only get parking lights. No wipers or right
> stalk lever functions at all. Pulling back on left stalk and holding it
> gets me brights. Lights come back on usually at end of day of use of
> vehicle, when it gets dark. Weird thing happens: if I hold the left
> stalk/high beams on and mess with the right stalk, the wipers finally come
> on then I can turn on the headlights with the dash switch.
> This happened a year ago an I replaced both stalk levers and have only
> recently been getting this light thing again. Whaddya think?
>
>
>
>
>
>

headlight switch in dash is bad.
its a bad design, they all do that sooner or later, and at the most
inopportune times..
always carry a spare.

chris

[text/html]

Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »