I'm helping a friend of mine with his Camaro and we can't get the shaft of the headlight **** to catch when we put it back in. Is there some kind of trick to this? It slides in fine, but it won't catch. It just pulls right back out.

 

Try pushing the button on the top of the switch to see if you can free up the catch. Otherwise it may have broke. You did push in the button to release it when you took it out didn't you? (This may not apply if you are dealing with a '90-'92 dash, but definately does on '89 and earlier dashes).

 

Yeah, I pushed the button to get it out. It came out pretty easy. I've had this problem with other Camaros I've had in the past. Putting it back in always seems to give me trouble. I was just hoping somebody might know of some kind of trick to getting it to catch. It goes in all the way, it just won't catch.

 

i think im having the same problem with my switch....i have to pull it out all the way and push it in real fast to get it to completely shut the headlights/fog lights off. sometimes it takes a few tries. the switch is kinda loose inside the dash...what can i do to fix this?

 

Grab a good one out of a car at your local U-Pull It.

 

Pull the **** off, take the (2) (other 2 are fake) Torx screws out to pull the plate off, and see if the plastic screw in collar looking thing is broke. My guess is that it is. Kinda hard to explain, but once you pull the cover off you will see what I am talking about. Just get one at a junkyard like said before.

This same thing was broke on my car for 4 years, I thought I needed a whole new headllight switch. I even went to the junkyard and pulled a new switch (which was a PITA BTW), just to find out that the plastic collar was broke. Took 3 mins. to fix. LOL

Hope that helps.

 

thanks...im gonna save this post till i can get to a yard and get the part....i remember taking the panel off and lookin inside and the whole ****/switch assembly was loose inside... im gonna see what i can do about it...ill probably open her up again to try to find that collar thing.

 

Thanks for the ideas guys. I finally figured it out this morning once we pulled the whole switch out. The switch was bent downwards a little. Once I bent the switch into a more straight position, the **** finally caught and worked fine. It would go in while it was bent, it just wouldn't catch. Weird.