WausauFL

Thanks for all the responses. The car is a 1998. And in response to one of the inquiries, no 'Check Engine' or any other warning lights have illuminated. As of today, the mechanic has sent the car to a different shop, perhaps an 'auto electric' shop as someone had suggested above, I am not sure. A common theme in many of the responses is that it is likely to be a grounding problem and it will be difficult to find. I will pass along the suggestion about the BCM. Thank you all, and any other responses continue to be welcomed.

Hi, My name is Cliff and I am a 1998 Corolla owner (aka: Chevy Prizm) from Northwest Florida. My mechanic is making no headway and is getting ready to throw in the towel on my Corolla. The car stalls when headlights or AC is turned on – the car runs fine otherwise. For a few weeks prior to this, the headlights would never turn off if they were ever turned on initially via the headlight switch– I would have to pull a relay under the hood momentarily and plug it back in to extinguish the lights. During this period, the Daytime Running Lights became totally inoperative (meaning that they never came on, but had always worked previously). Immediately prior to this, the car had been in the shop because it would not start and run unless one of the turn signals was on – this was the initial problem that seems to be linked to the other two problems. Prior to all this, the car had zero problems ever since I bought it new. Any suggestions on this problem that I can pass along to my mechanic? Thanks.