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Anonymous Posted on Apr 15, 2017

Headlights go off then back on while driving

Driving down the road tonight and the headlights and dashboard lights just went off. I turned the light switch off then on again and the lights would come back on, then out again in about 5-10 seconds. I did hear a clicking noice in dash when the lights come on/go off. This is only when the vehicle is in motion. When I adjusted the dimmer switch to turn on the interior cab light, the headlights/dash light stayed on except for one time. I just bought this truck about 2 weeks ago and do not know alot about its history. The truck has 100K and the engine is stroing. Any ideas on the headlight problem?

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