posted 02-02-2012 05:02 PM                  

There's a good possibility that the plastic bezel that your headlight switch passes through is broken and not letting your headlight switch close all the way. Check the plastic ring at the dash. If it is loose, it is broken and you have to spin it to a slot that lets it sit properly.

With a bit of silicone on the back you can glue it directly to the dash.

Of course it could be something entirely different lol.

posted 02-02-2012 05:22 PM                  

That door switch might also be the problem.... or defective ignition switch?

posted 02-04-2012 12:54 PM                  

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Originally posted by 2door:
Thats strange,i did not know that the head light switch had a dome light position ?
That means that mine is not working.
I thought it was a bad design to have to reach up and turn on the rear view down lights.
Learn some thing new
Thanks Harold

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Harold, It may seem a little strange, but the Prowler "dome" lights are under the dash.

posted 02-04-2012 08:19 PM                  

From past experience I remembered that the lamp brightness for the dash lights would change when turning the headlights on or off and was adjustable to suit the individual, then I noticed there was an extra "Detent" or "Click" when turning the headlight switch on the Prowler which prompted me to investigate.

1- Counter Clockwise all the way turns on the courtesy lamps in the foot wells and inside rear view mirror lights.

2- Middle position seems to make the read out on the rear view mirror brighter when driving with the lights turned on in order to read it during the daytime.

3- One more "click" clockwise through all the way clockwise operates the rheostat or brightness control for the gages.

I noticed one day this while driving with my headlights turned on that I could not read the information within the rear view mirror.

I noticed that with the headlights on, the middle position would change the brightness of the dash and mirror lights but did not turn on the curiosity lamps. I do not recall reading about this in the owners manual and have not gone back through it to look and see if it is mentioned.

Has anyone else noticed this? My car is a 2000.

RE: Chime.

The chime will alert us for many reasons.

It has alerted me when the turn signal was on to long or did not cancel.

It has alerted me when I did not close the deck lid properly and I started driving.

It has alerted me when I forgot to turn off the parking or headlights.

It always lets me know that my keys are in the ignition when I stop for gas. (This one can be annoying)