 Shaber 1000 here there's something missing here not so much up here or down here but right in this area all right so today I'm going to show you how to put in a headlight switch in 2011 Chevy Traverse and it's in there it just somehow popped out I guess so anyway I just decided to get a new one and I've never done one on a Traverse but I've done similar ones so first thing we're gonna have to start with is down here there's a couple clips I'm not gonna be able to get get you up in there to show you taking them out I'll show you what they look like but then once I get them out I'll show you how they work so stick around and let's let's get this headlight switch in okay guys so there's a couple of these here I think there's three in this one one over there looks like there should be something here I'm not sure what that's for but here's those things what you got to do as you pull that center piece there's send that little that knob there in the center you pull it down and then you pull the the the whole plug out like I said once we get it out I can show you better of how it works now if these things break don't think you did something wrong because they will not all the time but most of time they'll break they get old brittle and they'll break you can you can still buy plugs like this in the part stores and you can order them online and stuff so I might be able to show you how this comes out and then what I easily does get something underneath there like that and pull it down and now how this works and see these will give in and they'll go up in the hole okay these tabs on the side they'll give in go up in the hole and when you push that up in it spreads them out see spreads them out like that and that's what keeps them in so there's a lot of these on a lot of cars anymore and you know so anyway let me get the other two out we're gonna pull this panel down so we can get up in here I hope I don't have to take this down out of here oops this whole piece I don't want to take it down out if I don't have to so hopefully I can get my hand up in there we'll just have to see these just clip in there's there's some holes over here on the side there's one down the bottom one on top and I believe there's only one over here but anyway let's get this down off here and make sure we got the right switch first like I said I'm just gonna do the same thing and I'm gonna pull drop that down out of there okay guys so what I wanted to show you I don't think I got on film anyway pull this off and this this is the back of the switch it plugs in here okay and all you do is you squeeze this this tab right there you squeeze it and this will pull right out now I'm gonna shove this down through and I should be able to get it to go over in through there in through that hole right there and hopefully I can get the other one up in there plugging in and it just like I said they just clip in as long as the there's no clips broke it should be alright so I'm probably gonna have to put you down and all I want to do is push that switch right through that hole and it should come right out the bottom I don't want to take this off I don't have to it's plastic so this was on the this was on the switch itself so you know that might have been why it got pushed in I don't know we got to get it out and check it out so let me get this switch out of here okay guys so what I did I went ahead and pulled this off all it does there's two screws down at the bottom right here which that one was broken and that one was broken already so apparently someone's had this out before for whatever reason because I'm seeing some stuff like this that's not factory so I don't know what was going on there but anyway this just pops out it just got these clips right here and I did move this out of the way because I didn't want to scratch it in case I had to take this piece off which I didn't so don't worry about that so this you just pop them out just grab a hole there that's the bottom pop it out same way over here grab right between there pop it out and then go up to the top and these three here will just pop out okay now we're going to check this out this is where the switch goes so what I'm going to do is this is the new switch it's got this piece in here so I'm thinking this switch has been replaced before because this one didn't have so this one's got that centerpiece in it that decorative trim this one don't so I think that this went in here like that okay so this is the old one let's not get them confused okay now in order to plug this in order to plug this in all you have to do I don't think there was anything wrong with that switch if you just plug that in just till it clips and you're good to go let's see here there's the parking lights here's our dimmer on this side there's our headlights but for some reason I know I have a headlight out here that's what happened to this apparently that's another story I'll tell you about that when I put the headlight in but this should be dimming those those lights up there but they're not so let's put the key in all right so they should dim now doesn't look like it so headlights are on that dimmer doesn't seem to be working it is turning the interior lights on and off let me check this out I'm gonna plug the other one in and see if it dims like it's supposed to okay guys so it's starting to rain this may only dim after dark I'm not sure I don't drive the car so anyway I'll show you the yeah it's raining like hell now okay so I got the headlights off now let's turn them on to there well they're actually on automatic but let's go ahead and turn the headlights on see we have a low beam over here so she thought if she would just turn the headlights off you know she wouldn't get pulled over for the headlight being out but I don't know she said it was real hard to turn I don't know it says right there automatic light control on automatic light control off you just do that by turning this so anyway like I said neither one of these dim they don't dim those they just turn them off and on they don't damn these could be you know maybe when it's dark I don't know but anyway let's get this put in here I don't think there was anything wrong with this one it seems like it's turning just fine to me so let's get this put up in here I'll get you on the stand my camera's getting wet let me get it dried off and we'll put it in here okay so here's our switch and this just gets put in just gets pushed in like this and you push it until it clips in make sure both sides are clipped in and there you go all right now let's put this put this back up in here make sure those tabs are lined up good guys because they will snap off if you don't have them lined up so let's make sure this one on the end is always a pain so just make sure you line them up take your time it is fidgety but a DIY or can do it just fine these ones up I'm sliding this bottom one up into those slots there's the bottom one same with over here on the other side I know you can't see it but there it's popping in you can actually put your finger in here and feel if it started in all right now that everything's lined up okay so I got the bottom in just gotta get this top one in we should be good to go so let me do that it's raining I gotta get this one lined up here so let me get those popped in you get the idea I hope my camera soaked so let me get this dried off okay guys so if you got small hands there's no reason why you can't do that from up inside but my hands have gotten bigger over the years so I don't understand how turning this on and off like that would push it through but it did see that way they the lights are on automatic now they're off of automatic so you would have to actually turn them on so but I leave them on automatic for her I still don't understand the deal about this dimmer why it doesn't dim might be because I have the door open let's see it's turning these off and on but they're not dimming but the old one didn't either so anyway there it is this thing to put it back on I can probably show you that maybe now we're just going to this up in here there's a little notch there's my light there's a little notch up here that this goes into so that little fork right there it goes up in here a little notch and then once you get it up in there or it's supposed to be then you put your tabs back in yeah just like that and you put your tabs back in and when you put these in all you do is shut shove these up through and push them push out right in the center until it goes all the way up so find the hole that it goes in both hands really did you hear a clip in then all I'm going to do push that knob right up in there just like that that's what you do with the other ones make sure they're in the hole so yeah this has been out of here before same way with this one push it up through and then the last one maybe I can get you a better view here maybe not can't find the push it up in it'll clip in and and that's it and it's all done like I said this thing don't be afraid they are in there tight but to take it out you just pull it out seeing it's got those clips and like I said you might be able to get your hand up under there once you have that bottom cover off but I just couldn't do it so I wanted to show you better angles and then this make sure they're lined up top and bottom these ones should follow through give it a hit and there you go it's done so yeah I don't know why that popped out of there but apparently it did so all right there you go I think it's shoot 2009 to 2017 so you're going to be looking at about this style you get the idea like I said this once you pull them two screws out that were already broke here's one here I'll show you see once you pull them out then this thing will just pop off you just pop pop and the same way at the top pop-pop and it'll pop right out of there so real easy monks everybody what happened anyway what why do the switch I tried to turn it now it's really hard to turn like stiff that's weird when I tried to turn it it wouldn't do what I asked to do well I wasn't doing that oh really no it was like it wouldn't it well we just spent 62 dollars for nothing so I'm sorry it's in no there's no clips broken see so why would it pop out I mean I didn't do that no I was turning it trying to I was trying to remember when you're trying to turn something and your hand slipping what are you gonna do you want to push harder to get a better grip right remember that don't go no further than that that's all it does so it does so the lights don't ever turn off yes with this right here look see that that's your off look okay I'll show you up here on the dash monk all right see here's your switch up there on the dash say it says automatic light control off that means they'll stay off and just go like this is blue automatic light control on so it doesn't turn and stay there oh it don't that's what I thought it was okay yeah that's what I thought you thought yeah I didn't know because I did do that but I didn't look up there yeah I tell you right there see like right now your lights are off and they'll stay off okay you go like that and only come on at night so sometimes they'll be on in the daytime but usually like if it's gloomy like this they'll probably come on so there's your light since right up here in the dash that's how that little thing there you asked me what that bulb is for and I was messing with you and I said somebody probably dropped a morgue in there yeah well that's not a morgue I was kidding with you that's your light sensor tells you how dark it is like your lights have your birds up there that's your light sensor so when it gets dark enough it'll kick your lights on for it you work for nothing well we're keeping that because there's nothing wrong with it should just take that one back no we're not taking it back we bought it it sent so you want me to take it back out and put that one back in no we're keeping it and leave that on there so that's what stuff you guys fiddlers they sit here and play with this and watch when they don't pay attention you know it just you know they're like well dude you know I don't know anything about that what was that I don't know and then hey where's that thing because you know the other one broke and it's like I don't know I thought well maybe the clip broke and that's why I couldn't get it back out but it didn't break so that's a good thing I might break if I play with it though that's why you don't play with plastic stuff that's 11 years old there you go okay so anyway it's real easy guys any you any do it yourself or can do it it's not a problem really there's only two screws so you know that's all you need to do to pull this panel out it's two screws get this floor mat back in there okay and that's it yeah but they're easy to clean I'll save that but I doubt if I ever fix it tell you the truth because this thing is never rattled it doesn't fall down so but if I ever get in there for some other reason I will fix it but it should be fine because then it's got the three other clips holding this up in there too so and then you got the the five the three on top and two on bottom this thing will never fall out all right guys I gotta get my cameras wet again so we'll see you soon she bears the myth the main legend gone for now my sister's out by not bad for an ignorant guy huh don't do what I did I'm an ignorant guy but I did it I fixed it you're a brilliant guy bye guys