"Boomer41" wrote in news:gfmket$d44$ snipped-for-privacy@news.motzarella.org:
This is really weird...
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> The digital warning came on the dash and reads "Check Left Headlight",
> I get out of the van and bang on the headlight lens and it comes on. A
> day or two later same problem so I replace the bulb, same problem
> again, bang on the lens and it comes on, no problems for the next 3
> weeks or so. Last night I get the same warning message but the left
> front would go off and come on again a few times while driving. I
> stopped at a gas station, shut everything off but the right front
> headlight remains on even with the switch in the off position. Drove
> the rest of the way home, shut everything off again but the left
> headlight remained on. I popped the hood to pull the bulb knowing I
> cant leave it on all night and while I'm trying to get the assembly
> out to where I can pull the bulb it would flicker a bit until I was
> able to pull the bulb and there it sits. That's a new bulb and I'm
> puzzled as to where to go next, any help would be appreciated except
> telling me to go to the Ford Dealership to get really hosed:-))
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then locate your headlight relay and see why it isn`t working correctly. KB