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Old Oct 9, 2011 | 09:52 AM
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truck dies when turn lights on?

driving this morning in the rain went to turn on head lights and truck quit running any ideas?turn lights off and starts right up its a first for me
 
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Old Oct 9, 2011 | 10:03 AM
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Sounds like a direct short to ground somewhere in the lighting system, try just the parking lights and then the headlights, that will narrow it down some.
 
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Old Oct 9, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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still runs with parking lights on,thinking headlight switch went bad?dont know much about truck only had it for a few weeks
 
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Old Oct 9, 2011 | 10:32 AM
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I had the same problem, it turned out to be the map sensor :P
 
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Old Oct 9, 2011 | 10:34 AM
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Electrical short or alternator issue
 
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Old Oct 9, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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turned out to be ground post on fender thanks
 
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