Anyone have an idea as to why the headlights on our car decided to start flashing when on. It just started the past day or two we turn them on after a few minutes they begin to flash. Any help is appreciated right now its tough to drive at night

 

My best guess is the circuit breaker in your headlight switch is bad... It's overheating opening the circuit killing the lights, then closing, rinse and repeat.

 

Or you have a short somewhere. Are all the lights on and normal brightness when they are on?

 

It's got the 2010 bug man. It's alive lol. It's alive lol. Nah bro, I got no clue. Does the Camaro have a car alarm that your not aware of.

 

Thanks for the reply's we appreciate the help
Did a little checking the past few hrs. for wire shorting to ground did not find anything apparent and we have not blown a fuse
Was not aware headlight switch had breaker will ck that out
THANKS

 

I know what it is .......ITS ACOP CAR !!!!!! LOL


Sorry , could not resist.LOL

Hope u find the problem !!!!!!

 

That's the best
I better ask my Nephew who's a cop what he did

 

Maybe my headlights off my old 92 RS ended up on your car! When I was a Volunteer Firefighter, I had Wig Wags on my headlights, like I do on my GTAs turn signals!

My Wig Wag lights

But seriously.....Do they flash together? My guess might be an old car alarm that was not fully uninstalled.

 

Has anyone hacked into the headlight wiring??

 

Sounds like a headlight switch since you said it doesn't happen immediately.

 

Thanks for the help To answer a few questions..
Lights are bright when on and never dim when flashing
They do flash together
We have had the car for awhile wiring harness has no evidence of someone messing with it. Still wrapped in factory plastic wrap
Will try and do more testing tonight

 

Hey, Thats what I asked. Just kidding. Thats what I thought too, but then the headlights would start flashing the moment he turns the key, not to mention that even if there was a car alarm still installed, the starter kill mechanism in the alarms module would prevent the starter from engaging due to the alarms relay grounding out.

 

Does it flash in perfect sequence or rythem? Or is it a flash that varies in speed (flashes).

 

Not necessarily.

If it is faulty, it could be a problem with an alarm that is intermittent. Only the headlight portion of an alarm could still be functioning, not the starter interrupt portion. Or not even part of the alarm to begin with.

 

No alarm ever installed we know original owner
Lights seem flash to a pattern

 

Flashes all the time as in while vehicle is in motion, when you hit a bump? Try this, turn the key to on position but do not turn on car. Then turn on lights and see if they begin to flash. The point is you want to see if it occurs while car is on, or while car is off. Also try it with the ignitoin off and just turn on headlights. Also, does your Camaro have fog lights? If so, then your relay is probably going bad that goes to the fog lights. On my 86 IROC, I can have the low beams on with fog lights, but once I switch to high beams, the fog lights go out because of the relay. Food for thought.

 

Thanks again for replys, car is on way home wife had it. It will does it while driving or sitting with car on. I have not tried other scenarios but will when it is here it has fog lights they work off another independent switch Thanks again

 

That is the way the factory did them, so that is perfectly normal. Also VERY easy to bypass!

 

OK she got home two cars pulled over due to lights flashing (might leave it)
They do it with engine off key on, key off or running. It actually looks like it Morse code
where they are on flash pause flash 4 times the on 2-3 sec. flash 5-6 times the on did not sit there long enough to look for a repeatable pattern.

 

If it is a consistent pattern that repeats, over & over....

That DEFINITELY sounds like an emergency headlight flash pattern, commonly used in police, fire or ambulance vehicles. Mine were Wig Wags (alternating) but before that, they were tied together & could have easily flashed together.

 

I'll say it again since it's been 24 hours... The circuit breaker in your headlight switch is probably failing.

From the service manual.

You can test it without replacing the switch. You've got a red wire and a yellow wire into the switch. The red wire goes directly to 12v constant. The yellow wire goes out to the hi beam/low beam switch and on to the headlights. Turn on the headlights at the switch. When the headlights start flashing, connect a test light between the red wire and a ground, does the test light flash or stay lit solid? If it stays lit full time, then the problem is in the switch, or further down the circuit. Do the same test but between ground and the yellow wire, does it flash or stay solid? If it flashes, replace the switch.

 

Drew Thanks
Will try it in tomorrow, I REALLY appreciate all the advise and help from all.

 

How do you bypass? I know wherer the relay is at, but what should I pull and strip and solder together?

 

Hi Drew, my name is Andrew (86Chevy IROC-Z). Good source. Straight from the manual. Nice.

 

Not sure where the Camaro relay is but.....
http://www.austinthirdgen.org/index.php?pid=17

 

Stephen, YOU ARE THE MAN, MAN.. Thanks bro. Im going to do that 1st thing in the morning. Peace.