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Anonymous Posted on Sep 05, 2010

I have a 1999 Ford Taurus. After a rain storm when I had left my driver window open an inch and a half. I used my headlights normally by using the on/off knob. When I had gotten home, I turned the headlight knob off and the lights stayed on. Also now my dash light doesn't work. I had to pull the 10 amp fuses to turn the headlights off. I removed the headlight on/off switch to see if the headlights would go off when I pulled both plug ins. They stayed on. Help me with this strange please....

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It sounds like your lighting module got wet. it may dry out, or you may need to get a new one.

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