All lights went off intermittantly...

[Safety Guy]

I got to my destination tonight (about ten minutes of mostly freeway driving in Aqua) and went inside, then left a few minutes later. Upon starting up and turning my lights on, they then went out. Whenever I turned them off then back on, they came on, but would go back out within a few seconds. They clicked when doing so. After about three minutes of this, and opening the hood and jiggling some things (including my main headlight fuse block), the problem went away and allowed me to get to my next place--about five minutes of driving.

(When this happened, it was all lights, including instrument panel. However, my e brake light came on when I stopped and applied it.)

Now I'm worried this may happen again. I just don't think any of my jiggling had anything to do with the "fix," which may be temporary.

Could this be a bad headlight relay? Loose wire? Any ideas?

Thanks,

Karl

[WmWatt]

Try spraying with WD-40 to get rid of any moisture?
Also clean and tighten connectors.

[Safety Guy]

Ah, yes. Thanks William. I need to go out and use some dielectric grease and check connections, at least on the fuses. Forgot to do that today.

Karl

[wybnrml]

Maybe the middle fusible link. Mine was doing the same thing, I would be driving then all of a sudden my headlights would go out. Worth looking at.

[Safety Guy]

After I removed and replaced the headlight fuse that night, and then took all three block fuses out the next day and used dielectric grease after scraping a bit, I've had no more trouble.

Thanks all!

Karl

[DrMaxwellEdison]

just goes to show what three little wires can do....

[neanderpaul]

Or in Karl's case, and many others, three cartridge fuses.