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If wiggling will fix it, then wiggling it (by driving it) will UN-fix it, and Murphy says it will probably lay low and decide to fail when you need it most.
Securing it will not fix the loose connection. You need to find that loose connection and fix it properly or it will bite you.
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Exactly right. That is The Official Dashboard Grounding Point.
Yank it off of there, clean it up and clean up where it mounts, add a thin film of dielectric grease and there you go.
This is what is known as, "doing it the RIGHT way" Nice! (y)
Long long ago, in a state far, far away, I installed cellphones and business radio equipment for a living. I used to hate doing ambulances, because the wiring was almost always a rats nest. (Tow trucks and stretched limos were...
Since you have a diagram that says the brown wire should be grounded, I think it's reasonably safe to ground it. BUT!
Don't do it permanently. Just touch it to a known good ground as a test. If things work, you know you are good. Simple.
But I would not ground it at that bolt, or any...
I don't think anybody here can just tell you what's what. Those aren't stock lights, they are aftermarket. Somebody wired that up some time in the past. Maybe they followed some instructions that came with the lights. Maybe they winged it.
One thing I can tell you - it's poor workmanship...