Your symptoms match a bad ignition switch X contact. The ignition switch has 4 switches inside that do different things. The X contact is the most common 1 of the 4 to fail in a Vanagon. When it dies you lose headlights, wipers, dash fan, plus a few other things. Mark TJ Hemrick wrote: > Hey, hey, hey, hey. > A few days ago, I lost my wipers. So, I figure, OK, time to tear into > it. Well, tonight, first time I went out at night in a few nights and I > notice, no headlights. For once not thinking Big Brother Bosch is watching > me and using the NSA to control my Vanagon, I start messing with the > switch. I have parking lights but no headlights and all of a sudden, my > wipers start moving (I left the stalk in the on position just in case it > was a loose wire or something magical). I start to mess with the turn > indicator stalk and only my high beams come on. I remember someone had > something similar on the list in the past 12 months but can't place it. > |
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