Posted August 4, 201311 yr Was pumping gas and my lights shut off. Turned the switch off and on, no lights only headlights.no tail, no side marker , no cluster lights , inside lights working . checked fuses, all good. Turn and brake lights working.
August 4, 201311 yr Owner Multi-function switch (dimmer switch) sometimes will burn out causing this problem.
August 4, 201311 yr Staff My head lite, tail lite, dash dimmer switch used to get so hot when running at night while towing. You couldn't hardly touch it. I finally added a long heat sink piece of copper to the back of the switch. This helped alot, but, the best way is to use relays to solve the heat problem by not running everything thru the switch.
August 4, 201311 yr Owner Do you dim you panel lights? If so that is the reason for the hot headlight switch. If the panel dimmer is all the way up on bright then it never gets hot.
August 5, 201311 yr Staff It's been a long time but I think I tried all different ways to stop the heat. It would only happen when running lites/ tail lites and marker lites on the tow vehicle were on at night.
August 7, 201311 yr I dunno what year your truck is, as there's no sig information, but the pre-98 trucks with the pull-type switch were commonly faulty.
August 11, 201311 yr Author I dunno what year your truck is, as there's no sig information, but the pre-98 trucks with the pull-type switch were commonly faulty. Thanks Guys , the switch was bad.
August 11, 201311 yr Thanks Guys , the switch was bad. I have had to replace two of them plus the plug on my truck
August 11, 201311 yr I dunno what year your truck is, as there's no sig information, but the pre-98 trucks with the pull-type switch were commonly faulty. My 98.5 still has the pull type switch.
August 11, 201311 yr Was pumping gas and my lights shut off. Turned the switch off and on, no lights only headlights.no tail, no side marker , no cluster lights , inside lights working . checked fuses, all good. Turn and brake lights working. ...well theres your problem! hahaha!
Was pumping gas and my lights shut off. Turned the switch off and on, no lights only headlights.no tail, no side marker , no cluster lights , inside lights working . checked fuses, all good. Turn and brake lights working.