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Old 02-29-2012, 06:08 PM   #1
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There have been other similar posts but I can't remember what they were. Try a search on flickering and see what pops up. Otherwise, I would get it to the dealership and let them trace it.
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Old 03-01-2012, 06:14 AM   #2
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There have been other similar posts but I can't remember what they were. Try a search on flickering and see what pops up. Otherwise, I would get it to the dealership and let them trace it.
Thanks, so I searched and it says to try flipping the bulbs to make sure it wasn't that. So I did that.

Then I searched again, and it said that it's most likely the headlight switch. So I replaced that.

Then I searched again, and it said maybe it's the ballasts. Which I tried swapping before both my headlights now won't work.

So I searched on why that might be, and the headlight switch seems to be the likely culprit. Which I had already replaced. So I rechecked my installation.

I decided to give it one last search and the only other possible culprit is an ignition switch, but I don't have any difficulty turning the key or any of the other symptoms.

I searched again to see why I might have one headlight working before, but none now after swapping the ballasts; but I didn't see any relevant information.

So I decided to post.

But I did go back to do another search. There was nothing on this forum, but on RT and RL I was able to find that it might be a loose clip in the backside of the assembly. I'll check that tonight. If anyone has any additional suggestions, I'm all ears.

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