Lights cut out

mustanglx91

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Oct 27, 2007

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I went out for a ride in my 91lx and about 10 minutes after I left my home my head lights, parking lights, and interior lights went out. I do not know if the tail lights went out. I moved the headlight switch to off and back to on and everything worked again. Then about a hour later my interior lights went out. I moved the switch to off and back to on and they came back on about 2-3 seconds later. Then everything worked fine for the rest off the ride. I use this car as a daily driver and I never had this happen before. What could it be ?

 

fastford91

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Oct 27, 2007

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pop you headlight switch out and check for burnt or loose connections! put your nose by the light switch and take a sniff! do you smell electrical? these cars are notorious for the headlight wires frying behind the switch! just a thought that's what happened to me with my old fox! the wires were frying !

 

Roland69

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is it a GT

 

squeak93

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mustanglx91.... My guess is its an lx.... a 91 but the switch and wires are most likely the problem as stated above.



Edit: just re read that, I wasn't trying to poke fun or make anyone sound stupid. Just stating that he joined in sep 07, and thats his name.

 

NKau

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Oct 28, 2007

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My vote is also on the actual switch itself. The headlights would go out when I had the brights on in my old '89 LX. The headlight switch was the culprit.

 

fivespeedsteed

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this happend to me minus the interior lights and parking lights. the clip burt out that plugs into the switch.

 

foxmustangman

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Oct 28, 2007

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could it be some kind of fuse?

 

Repostyle

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Oct 28, 2007

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foxmustangman said:

could it be some kind of fuse?

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A fuse wouldn't come back on by playing with the switch.

+1 for a bad switch or connection at the switch.

 

Strype

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Oct 29, 2007

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Oh ****


There is a trick on these cars at the front bumper and I can't remeber what it is. I know it's reachable by hand and it's a common problem. 2 guys I know had the same thing happen and it was the same thing- I'll ask for ya

 

mustanglx91

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Ok thanks

 

Strype

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If it's not a fuse or fusible link behind the switch as mentioned earlier,

My buddy said it's usually a bad ground at the top of the radiator core support.