My week old 1986 sdl has two, perhaps related, electrical problems. One, minor, the burn out bulb indicator on the dash comes on occasionally when driving at night. Unfortuntately, it never stays on long enough when I stop the car so I can't see if a bulb is actually burnt out. If it really is a bulb then it's minor and I'll find it when the bulb really dies. I only mention it because of the second problem. Twice while making a right hand turn, basically a 90 degree turn from a stop, the headlights have shut down momentarily. They come back on so quickly that I can't tell if any of the small lights or dash lights have gone out and come back on. I've checked and made sure all of the headlight and small light connectors are tight and clean but I don't think this is the problem since both went out. Could be a relay, if there is one for the lights, but it's strange that it only happened making a turn to the right.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Dave

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1986 300SDL

If the problem is related to turning, perhaps the fault lies at the steering weel end. Maybe you have a problem starting with the stalk switch/ indicator cancelling part?