Headlights not working, they go on and off?

Yep the lighting module fixed mine I got a used one for $45.00 all set! I love this site

The front lights stopped working after 2 months after the recall (bypass). Could the LCM Relay be wrong or what does the bypass remove the relay?

My running beams stay on and I can manually hold my brights on but my brights are shinning my reg. Beams. Then while driving my lights started working but when I parked my lights stopped working and so did my car locks. Any ideas its an 04 ford crown victoria

Suddenly all headlights, turn signals, tail gate lights and hazard (emergency) flashers stopped working, only break lights working fine. All fuses are fine. Any suggestions what could be the problem.

I thought it maybe LCM thanks for the info.

While driving last nite the headlamps only(parking, tail, dash, all others stayed on) went out. Had the system on autolamp, but when switched to manual still stayed off. After bout 3 minutes the headlamps came back on for maybe 3 minutes, then off again. Went thru several cycles of this, before I gave up and called tow truck. Could pull the flass-to-pass back on the dimmer and bright lights would stay on long as holding dimmer switch in flash to pass position. Where should I begin to solve this problem. Thanks, jeff

I also own a 2003 Crown Vic. Mine is a Police Interceptor with around 103K on it. I took it in to my local mechanic and we figured its one of two things. The first thing might be that the LCM (lighting control module) is going bad. With the LCMs there are different ones for certain years so if you are going to replace it, find out what the part number is on your module first and try to find a used one. From what I saw, prices range from about 80 bucks to 500 for used. To locate your LCM, look up under the dash near the steering column. Its not hard to find.

A new LCM will run you around 400-500 bucks. Be wary of used LCMs though because they might have the same fault. The second option which your problem might is the multi-function switch in the steering column. The MFS controls your low beams, high beams, flash to pass, turn signals and hazard lights. I am not sure what they run in price but its safe to say that you may spend about the same for this as for an LCM. Probably will be less though because the LCM is a series of computer boards with numerous curcuits and so forth. I have yet to fix my lights, but these are two fix options that every mechanic I have talked to agrees on.

There is a minor but third possibility as well. If you own a former police car like me, check to make sure that the headlight flasher is not installed still. If it is still there than that will be what is causing it. To check for this, look near your radiator cross beam under the hood or above the front right wheel well. Those are the two most popular mounting locations for flashers.

ZPOL, update for you. After doing a lot of research, I found out what was wrong with my LCM, the relay they used for the headlamps is a little piece if CRAP. I ordered a new one online for $3.38, took out the old one, shouldered in the new one, and PRESTO, headlamps work fine! Hopefully this will fix the issue for a few years. There is also a wire harness upgrade you can do to it. Basically, you use a 30 amp horn relay, attach 10-12 guage wire, and then you have a premanent fix. Dealer wanted 450 for a new LCM, and 150 for the job. I paid $3.38 for the relay, and a few bucks on some solder. Mouser Part
number 551-EQ1-11111S MFR Part number EQ1-11111S
No minimum order, free ground shipping.
I hope this helps others in the future to save $$$
-Jason

That sounds a lot cheaper, but a more time consuming repair. The LCM I replaced my old one with was an aftermarket LCM which Ford bought to replace the stock LCMs since the relays in the stock mods were not guaranteed to not fail.

Thanks a lot to jferrisrx for his msg. We were able to fix our LCM for $20 and in less than an hour because of his post and links provided.
Just a heads up to anyone trying to do this, Mouser. Com was back ordered up to 16 wks for this component. A little research led us to wellgainelectronics. Com where they had part
#NEC MR301-HSL which they said was a better replacement for NEC EQ1-11111S. Plus it was in stock and got to us in 3 days.
Thanks again for a great post jferrisrx!

Thanks for all the posts on this issue. Just a heads up I noticed when I took the LCM apart under the board where the headlight relay is located it had some bad solder joints. They were very minor and I decided to just clean the contacts and solder joints with a q-tip and some rubbing alcohol then resolder the bad joints. I test drove afterwards and the lights stayed on thank God as they have not worked in about a year. I hope this helps someone else if you're looking for an easy fix.

To Jferrisrx and all:

the LCM fixed my car thank you.

Problem at night by the headlights shut off by themselves and do not turn back on until I pull the turn signal knob back and have to hold the bights on until I hear a click under the dash and then when they come back on for only about 2 to 3 minutes they shut off and again and I have to repeat the process. Again and Again. Please HELP!

Michael Manning

It was the LCM on my car lights work again.

Ok! This Is My Problem! I Have No! Headlights Or Instrument Cluster Lights! But I Do Have High Beams, signal lights, brake Lights and Instrument Warning Lights! I Have Checked All Fuses Inside And They Are Fine! Checked Fuses In Distrbution Box They Are Fine Too! Can Somebody Tell Me What I Missed? Is There A Relay Or Hidden Fuse I Don't Know About? P.S. Also Changed Switch Still No! HeadLights!