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Jeff Mohler Posted on Aug 28, 2018
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Dome light fuse is causing relay to click behind my dash. Found the relay and pulled it, clicking stopped. Replaced relay and tried again. Still clicking.

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    Jeff Mohler Sep 15, 2018

    99 ford ranger 3.0 4x4

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Fuse wouldn't cause the relay to click , fuse just supply's battery power . What ever controls the relay is the problem , dome light switch , BCM - body control module , shorted wiring etc.... You don't say what year , make , model etc.... Looking at a wiring diagram to see what controls the dome light and what relay's are involved would be the thing to do , before replacing relay's an fuse etc...

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 19, 2008

SOURCE: headlights flicker all the time

Hi, my name is ricky and im 24 yrs old and from Bronx, N.Y . I bought my 03 impala in 04 and i had the same problem in 2007 in which that clicking noise happens. The headlights flicker, and even the gauges inside the car would flicker at times. It has nothing to do with fuses or a relay, please dont spend money on that b.s. like i did..lol I will try my best to explain what i did so that you can save some money and time. READ EVERYTHING AND USE ADVICE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
1st of all - I went to a junk yard/auto salvage yard to find a USED part that i needed. Often there are good parts from cars that have been totalled.
2nd- What i asked for was a Body Control Module. This controls most of the electric issues you are having and costed me about 50 dollars compared to a new one that was over $200 and reached up to $500.
3rd- I went head first under the steering column and found where the BCM was located. Poke around to find it cause it is def. there, hidden well. It doesnt take special skill to remove it or find it.
4th-Replace the BCM, but be advised that after you do this, your car might not crank over.My car did crank over because i installed a automatic starter previously so i could have started it with the remote start.
5th- you MUST take the car to a chevy shop so they can Program your car to the body control module this costed me about $250.
All together this information has to help you in someway.
If you have further questions or would like to make a comment, then e-mail me at " [email protected] "
I hope this helps...im not saying it is a 100 percent guarantee for you, but i had this same problem recently and this was the answer to my problem. By the way, never buy a american car again or a GM product for that matter...Kudos

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 16, 2009

SOURCE: no dash/instrument lights,no tail lights,no park

I would recommend replacing your relay. From what you have described your battery might be bad. The clicking you heard is consistent with this. Natuarally though the relay is probably cheaper to fix. Also if you're car was slow to start or was dragging when you were trying to start it, you may have a bad starter, which would cause the aforementioned

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Mike Butler

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  • Posted on Oct 03, 2009

SOURCE: 1999 caravan under dash relay clicking

You may want to try pulling connections off BCM (body control module) and cleaning them with contact spray cleaner or similar & re-installing. Sometimes you'll get lucky & this will cure it, without replacing BCM.70846a5.gif

Philip Armitage

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  • Posted on Oct 04, 2009

SOURCE: 99 caravan relay clicking under dash

couls be an old alarm in the van from previous owners and it keeps setting off and then flashing noise woud come from that unit

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 10, 2010

SOURCE: 2004 Trailblazer - Clicking problems with heater.

You have bad control actuators. Not sure which one. You have one for the modes and one for the temp. Same on the rear. The gears strip in the actuators.

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