The marker and tail lights come on but not the headlights?

Tiny
ARACHMAN
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  • 2004 CHRYSLER SEBRING
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 11,800 MILES
When I turn on the headlights, the marker and tail lights come on but not the headlights. If I pull back on the lever the bright lights come on but stay on only as long as I hold the stem back. I have checked all of the fuses and they look good. I swiched the fuses with others and it did not help. I removed the "dual lever multifunction switch took it apart and cleaned the contacts. Put it back togeather and everything was the same, no head lights.
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Saturday, September 12th, 2009 AT 8:11 PM

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Tiny
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Were you getting power to the multifunction switch?
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Monday, September 21st, 2009 AT 7:51 AM
Tiny
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Thanks for replying to my question.
When I tested the contacts in the plug I found that power was there. But further concentration on the plug revealed that there is a faulty contact somewhere because if you apply pressure on one side of the plug while attached, the lights work. I played with it for an hour or so and dissambeled the multiswitch again but could not find the cause. I finally gave up and just reassembeled everything and inserted the end of a zip tie between the plug and the socket, in just the right spot, and it worked.
Not a very satisfying fix but it worked.
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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 AT 11:55 AM
Tiny
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It sounds like the plug itself is bad.
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Sunday, September 27th, 2009 AT 7:22 PM
Tiny
MIKE H R
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Check the ground wires, sometimes a bad or loose fround will cause the light to be dim or not work at all
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Saturday, September 24th, 2022 AT 11:06 AM

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