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Old Feb 15, 2023 | 12:03 PM
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Default 2016 Platinum - Headlight Issue

Getting out of my truck this morning the DRL LED was flickering after it turned off. Anyone ever seen that before? It was repeatable so every time I turned off the truck (or just turned the lights on and off) the headlight would flicker as it shut down.

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Old Feb 15, 2023 | 10:13 PM
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Does it flicker when running? Maybe loose connection in there somewhere. Would require baking the light apart to check for loose connection an I'm not sure about replacement parts. They aren't designed to be repaired. Replace if broken.
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Old Feb 16, 2023 | 12:07 AM
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OP, is is both headlamps or just one? If only one it could be a ballast starting to fail.
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Old Feb 16, 2023 | 01:40 PM
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I decided to do a little test. I went in and reset the BCM (that had fixed an issue with the power step before) just to see if it could be something weird like that. Lo and behold, that fixed it.
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Old Feb 17, 2023 | 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by smcnair
I decided to do a little test. I went in and reset the BCM (that had fixed an issue with the power step before) just to see if it could be something weird like that. Lo and behold, that fixed it.
How did you reset the BCM?
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Old Feb 18, 2023 | 05:54 PM
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Yeah OP, what Taggart said.
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