My car is a 1987 Saab 9000, non turbo. I have been having some electrical difficulty with it in regards to the headlights. When I first got the car its high beams would not stay on without persistantly clicking the dip switch on the steering column. Eventually this problem grew into a situation where the switch would not even make the clicking feeling, but instead smoothly move from the off to on positions, and not keep the high beams on. They would remain on if you held the switch in the 'on' position, but as soon as you let go, the switch would sping to the 'off' position and the headlights would revert to low beams. I replaced the dip switch with another one that I had from a parts Saab and it worked beautifully until recently.
I now have the same conditions as before, no clicking noise on the dip switch and highbeams only activated while it is held, but now the low beams do not work either. I have tried replacing the round headlight on and off dial on the dashboard and the headlight relay, but with no luck. All I have now, light wise, is my parking lights and my highbeams, assuming that I hold the switch in the 'on' position.
I would change the dip switch again, but I do not want to have to pay for a new one every two months if the trend continues.
Any suggestions?
-Ben
I now have the same conditions as before, no clicking noise on the dip switch and highbeams only activated while it is held, but now the low beams do not work either. I have tried replacing the round headlight on and off dial on the dashboard and the headlight relay, but with no luck. All I have now, light wise, is my parking lights and my highbeams, assuming that I hold the switch in the 'on' position.
I would change the dip switch again, but I do not want to have to pay for a new one every two months if the trend continues.
Any suggestions?
-Ben