# 1995 Dodge Ram 1500 - light issue

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1995-dodge-ram-1500-light-issue/166909>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** dodge\
**Created:** [July 6, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1995-dodge-ram-1500-light-issue/166909 "2020-07-06T21:13:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Scottie26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Scottie26](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Scottie26)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1995-dodge-ram-1500-light-issue/166909/1 "2020-07-06T21:13:08Z")

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Lights went out while off road. Briefly got them to turn back on till one night they stopped again. Lights work they just wont turn on

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**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1995-dodge-ram-1500-light-issue/166909/2 "2020-07-06T23:40:40Z")

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Remove the headlight switch and inspect the connector for loose/burned pins.

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1995-dodge-ram-1500-light-issue/166909/3 "2020-07-07T00:06:24Z")

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> [@Scottie26](#):
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> Lights work they just wont turn on

Excuse me but what does that mean? If the lights work then by definition they turn on and if they don’t turn on they don’t work. Are you saying you’ve tested the individual lights with some kind of setup on a different circuit and they work? If the lights themselves aren’t the problem the trouble is probably in the switch.

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**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1995-dodge-ram-1500-light-issue/166909/4 "2020-07-07T06:55:58Z")

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I believe the 95 Dodge still uses the old style headlight switch with an internal circuit breaker.

Are you running other than stock headlight bulbs ?