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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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My cars interior lights are flickering....like teh guage lights and console lights? any ideas?
 
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 03:46 PM
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The flickering goes away when you give it a rev?

Do the headlights flicker too?

If so, positive battery cable to the fuse box, maybe a bad connection.

Maybe...
 
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 03:59 PM
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Disco, is it all of the lights that dim with the dimmer switch, or is it all of the lights? If it is only those that are controlled via the dimmer, I would be looking at a loose plug on the headlight switch assembly or a plug close to there. IF it is all of them, I would be looking at a bad fuse or the wire running from the fuse to the headlight switch.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 04:32 PM
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If I keep the dimmer knob on the lowest setting, the lights start flickering noticeably, if I then tap it a little higher all is well and no more flickering. It has always been for me.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 04:53 PM
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Funny, I noticed the other day that the dimmer seems only to want to be All-on-Bright, or all low-n-flickery. Inside lights (all of em) only. I turned it back up and I'm leaving it alone. They don't flicker now, but that dimmer seemed to lack a middle level of brightness.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 10:19 PM
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Check grounds. Different era, different car...I realize...but they do all seem to flicker, now, don't they?

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...witches-53109/
 
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