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Old 03-04-2016, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Shern View Post
My driver's side corner light is having issues. The turn signal filament of the bulb works fine (can signal turns), but the running light filament works only intermittently (it's not burnt out). I tried sanding the contact points, and got the whole bulb working, but an hour later I checked and it had gone off again -which leads me to believe it's temporary function was a coincidence.

Is there another point I might try cleaning?


I've read that the hazard light switch in the shifter console controls the turn signals but does it also control the running corner lights or there a separate relay?
Clean and condition the ground wires located on the right hand body behind the headlight (according to the FSM).

Flaky, intermittent electrical issues are usually due to bad grounds.

I had a similar issue resolved by cleaning and conditioning the turn signal ground point. See post 3 on this thread:

W116 right front turn signal electrical gremlin
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