telerider37
Active member
For the past six months, my headlight knob on my 2005 passat wagon turns my dash lights on intermittently. Sometimes they turn on right away, sometimes it takes ten twists of the headlight knob to get them to come on. Once they come on, they stay on. The headlights themselves always seem to go from daytime to regular headlights without a problem. Fearing that one day the dash lights will go out completely, I brought my car to my mechanic and he swapped out the headlight actuation knob (expensive!). After driving it a day or so, I realized that it did not solve the problem. Is there are relay that controls these dash lights? Is there a suspect wiringconnection that is prone to failure? I found the intermittent AC thread from 2008 and the fact that a blown solder joint in relay 384 is the culprit. Before I go back to my mechanic and start a wild goose chase at my expense, I wondered if anyone else has seen this issue and what the fix might be?