When you first start the van and turn on the lights, sometimes you have to wiggle the knob a little, and sometimes they go off while your driving, until you ..again , wiggle or bump the switch. Is my switch bad then? How do you replace? Thanks!How do you replace a headlight switch on a 1997 town and country?It could be the connection on the back of the switch. Open the Left/drivers door, on the side of the dash is a plastic cover for the fuse panel. Remove that panel to access a couple screws which hold the side of the headlight panel, there should also be a couple on the bottom of the panel. If I remember correctly they are phillips head screws. Now the panel is lose and should pull out with one push clip on the inner side. The switch is held onto the panel with 4 lock taps. Release the taps and the switch slides out. Before removing the switch completely, try unplugging the electrical connection and replugging back in. This is done to check for a bad connection, instead of a bad part.
I need to make sure about something concerning the lights. Do the headlights go out or do the dash lights go out. If the headlights go out, then you are looking in the right area. If the dash lights go out and the headlights are still on, it is possible that the instrument panel cluster is bad.
I replaced an IP cluster that had this problem. The customer had taken it to the dealership several times. They replaced the headlight switch and the headlight module. 200 bucks later, it's still doing the same thing. There are ways to test these systems to verify if they are bad or not, instead of replacing this part and that part. Hope this helps. Christopher
