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Old February 6th, 2019, 9:12 PM
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My dashboard lights and accessory lights turn off after a while on the road and don’t turn on easily. I leave for work early in the morning and while I’m driving I notice the lights just go black out like nothing and I have to kind of bang on the light assembly for them to turn back on. Does this happen to anyone else? (By the way I just bought this truck about a month ago and I’m barely noticing it now)
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It's normal . There's a daylight sensor. If you need the lights then you twist the **** on your left.
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Originally Posted by mountainmanjoe
It's normal . There's a daylight sensor. If you need the lights then you twist the **** on your left.
can you explain why my lights dim so much when I’m putting my windows up? Thanks
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The window motor circuit is drawing too much power. Clean and lube the mechanism.
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What are you recommend to lube power window tracks
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Grease that's safe for plastics, like maybe silicone brake lube, but the tracks don't have too much load on them. The gears, linkages etc are more important. Oil for the motor.




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