Q: After 10-15 minutes the headlight (both hi and low) will cut off and on.
After a brief period the headlights will turn off and on like there is a short in the switch . After waiting a couple of minutes with the headlights off and then turn them back on the same thing occurs again. But the switch seems to not be the problem since it happens at different times and not all the time.
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