Headlamps - Stay On With Switch in Off Position: Overview

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NO.: 91-T-46

DATE: December, 1991

GROUP: Electrical

CORP. NO.: 188103


SUBJECT: Headlamps Stay on With Headlamp Switch in OFF Position (Replace Headlamp Switch)

MODELS
AFFECTED: 1991 Saturns with vehicle identification number (VIN) 134913 and below.


CONDITION: Headlamps may intermittently stay on after the headlamp switch is turned to the OFF position.

CAUSE: The switch contacts for the "flash-to-pass" feature on the headlamp switch assembly (called the turn signal and headlamp dimmer switch and windshield wiper and windshield washer lever assembly) intermittently stick closed.

CORRECTIVE
ACTION: Replace the headlamp switch assembly with a new design headlamp switch.

NOTE: The "Body/Collision Repair Service Manual" does not contain headlamp switch assembly removal and installation procedures. Please photo copy the procedures on the following pages and insert them into the "Headlamps" section of the "Body/Collision Repair Service Manual" for future reference.