Back-up lights are intermittant

[gbraden]

Recently the back-up lights on my '03 with 6-sp transmission started to act up. When in reverse gear they sometimes light up, sometimes they don't, and some times they sort of randomly go on and off. Any ideas?

Needless to say, I am not a mechanic, but I do love having and driving the beast.



Glenn

 

[rbattelle]

The switch is probably bad. Here's a thread you might be interested in...



Not hard to replace at all...



-Ryan

 

[dan.poitras]

The switch is probably bad. Here's a thread you might be interested in...



Not hard to replace at all...



-Ryan

Ditto

Same thing is happened to mine.

Dan

 

[DPKetchum]

Needs a backup light switch the one at the trans. Mine replace a few months back same deal.

 

[Fireman]

Cool

This might save me some troubleshooting time. Thanks guys.



Fireman

 

[nickleinonen]

any idea what the price of the switch if for the nv5600? mine is being a little too unreliable [works 2 out of 3 times]

 

[gsbrockman]

For those of you with 7/70 powertrain, and under 70k miles, I'd bet the transmission reverse light switch may just be covered under warranty.

As a side note, mine's on order, too.

Greg

 

[BimmerAgent]

I just had mine replaced under warranty, amd the service guy said it was a $64 part. Bruce

 

[GWBourne]

funny this should come up, as i was backing in last night i noticed if i pushed the stick just a tad in some more it would brighten the back up lights by about another half...

Grant

 

[Fireman]

For those of you with 7/70 powertrain, and under 70k miles, I'd bet the transmission reverse light switch may just be covered under warranty.

As a side note, mine's on order, too.

Greg

If your truck is over 3 yrs old or has over 50K mi there is a $100 deductable on the driveline



Fieman

 

[nwcatman]

mines out too. where on the transmission on my 03 2500 6 spd is the switch located? THANKS

 

[Rman]

It's on the passenger side, kind of in the middle has two wires going to it. Simple screw in switch. The ball gets depressed by the reverse gear shaft completing the circuit. I replaced mine (my own pocket) last month.



On a side note, most states don't require reverse lights, so it's not really that important.

 

[DPKetchum]

I do like to see where I'm backing. Wife and friends(haven't tried teaching the dog )don't like holding a flashout and guiding me while backing.

 

[nwcatman]

thanks Rman for reply and advice. i'm like Dp, i need to see where i going as i back up thru life.