1998 Toyota Corolla Lights stay on

1998 TOYOTA COROLLA
73,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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When turning off lights and ignition, park,dash and tailights stay on. If I move turnsignal -headlight switch into the high beam to low beam quickly , the lights all go out.
This car has daytime lights .
When turning ignition on [ not putting any lights on] headlight relay clicks. Until I move the headlight switch on and off ,back to on , day time lights come on and stay on and relay stops clicking. But when I shut headlight switch off and ignition, tail ,park and dash lights stay on. When I work the high beam to low beam switch all the lights go off.
Do you think its a bad steering column switch.
This switch works turnsignals,headlights,brights,wipers and washers.
Its got to be expensive. Can you help? Thanks Mark.
Nov 17, 2008 at 10:21 PM
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RASMATAZ
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You need to get the combination switch checked and tested internal contacts could be shorting out-
Nov 18, 2008 at 2:25 AM
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