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Old 01-17-2012
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Alright so last night while I was at work my head lights and tails turned on and off randomly.... A coworker came to my boss saying they were on, and when they went back to check the were off. Checked again a little later and they were back on. So I ran out there real fast to check the headlight switch and it was already in the off position.

Does anyone know what the issue might be?
 

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First thing I would check would be the switch.
 
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Sounds like a short in the switch
 
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Do you have an aftermarket alarm system that triggers the lights?
 
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did you install an autodim mirror?
 
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Originally Posted by OTRtech
Do you have an aftermarket alarm system that triggers the lights?
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did you install an autodim mirror?

Nope. Neither of those.... The only things that I have installed to the head lights and tail lights are LED Reverse lights, LED Tail Light Bar, and HID's.

I put in the Black Housing Headlights yesterday. I have never seen it do that before hand. But then again, I'm usually sleeping at night. So it could've happened. And I don't see how that could have altered anything electrical anyways.
 
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check to make sure none of the aftermarket stuff is grounding out anywhere.. if its not, its probably a bad switch. good luck!
 
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