Daytime Running Lights blinking / Engine Light on

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duffer - 21 Apr 2008 23:22 GMT

2000 Pontiac Sunfire
When car is started, daytime running lights start to blink and
eventually engine light comes on.
When high beams are used, both headlights go off.
Any ideas how to fix myself?

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user - 22 Apr 2008 22:49 GMT

> 2000 Pontiac Sunfire
> When car is started, daytime running lights start to blink and
> eventually engine light comes on.
> When high beams are used, both headlights go off. Any ideas how to fix
> myself?

A continuity meter, complete wiring diagrams, a lot of time, and a good
plausible explanation of why you suddenly went bald.

Seriously though, it sounds like there's a short, possibly in the
headlight circuit, more likely in the turn signal and or (if the sunfire
is like my '96 Bonneville, meaning the running lights come on when I put
the transmission into drive) transmission linkages.

Luck.

M

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