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Old Sep 28, 2016 | 05:12 PM
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1985 380SE electrical GLITCH! HELP!

1985 380SE 70K Electrical glitch A couple of months ago, the alarm horn would not go off, pulled fuse, reinstalled fuse alarm worked fine for about 2 weeks then wouldn't go off again, disconnected wire to alarm horn, I wrote the previous sentence just for background info, because now the headlights are going on and off whenever you get in the car. When car is turned off and locked or not, the headlights blink on/off for approx. 2 minutes and then stop. This happens all of the time and the other night when high beams were used the lights blinked on/off the whole time they were on, so we couldn't use high beams. Love the car have not had a lick of problems since purchased at 45K, Does anyone have any help on this matter, it would be so greatly appreciated, Thanks, The Gates Family(no relation to Bill, lol)
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Sorry I forgot to post the VIN, here it is, Thanks Plutoe for the reminder, I am definitely a novice when it comes to Forums, WDBCA32C2FA143214
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Dear Plutoe,
Wow, thank you so much for taking your time to help us out. You are amazing! Mastermind of Mercedes Benz! It is so wonderful to know that there are gentlemen like you that help someone else out just to be a kind human, I didn't think your kindness existed anymore, so glad you proved me wrong. Sincerely The Gates Family
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