Went to a "cruise-in" about 40 miles from home Saturday night, and on the way back home it came a pretty bad thunderstorm. When I arrive home and pull into the garage, I turn off the lights, and the left one does not "retract". I turned them on and off several times......no luck. It was late, so I decided to wait until Sunday to look at the problem. Sunday morning, I again turn them on and off.........still no luck. I check and clean all the connections, even the connections to the relays. Once again, no change. I decide (the the help of my FSM) that some more involved troubleshooting is in order, and I didn't have time for that until later in the day, so I left the car and went on to what I had to do. Mid-afternoon, I happen to go into the garage.....the light was "down". As if by magic, it had retracted! I tried the switch several times, on and off, and it worked every time! Do I have a "haunted" car? Gremlins? Anyone have a good explanation?

Sounds like a short in the line - maybe something that got wet during the storm and when it dried out it went down?

Matthew

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That's what I'm thinking, but it's puzzling as to "where". All the wiring is pretty much protected in bundles.....that's why I went to the connections first. Now that it's working, how on earth do I troubleshoot? I would hate to have this happen while on a long trip.