Hey guys, first time poster on the forum. This is a great forum.
I have 2 questions related to my cavalier that someone might be able to answer. I have a 2000 2.2L Cavalier and I'm experiencing some electrical problems.

1)
Most times when I'm driving at night and have the headlights on, the headlights mysteriously/intermittently turn off and stay off, however the daytime running lights (DRL) do not turn off. As the headlights turn off, the headlight indicator light turns back on in my cluster (notifying me that my headlights aren't on).

What I have to do to fix the problem is put on the highbeams for a couple seconds then turn them off, and my headlights turn back on. Sometimes I have to try this 3-4 times for it to work.

I've been reading/searching a lot through this forum and read a lot about electrical problems that cavaliers have (faulty duct tape installed in the wiring harness instead of electrical tape), and so on.

2)
Sometimes when I'm turning left and have my left turning signal on, it flashes fast. When it does flash fast, I went outside to check if my lights were flashing and only my front ones were flashing fast, and my rear lights were not even flashing at all. I checked the rear lamp and no filaments are broken on either the left or right bulbs.

When I'm testing it at home, I checked every light (emergency, left turning, right turning, brakes, headlights, highbeams, DRL) and they all seem to be fine. Does anybody have a clue?

Thanks guys.

sounds like a short or a bad ground somewhere