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Half8

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Strange headlight problem
« on: September 22, 2007, 02:08:43 PM »
Low beams work fine.  Turning on the high beam switch results in both hi & lo being lit on the right side, and neither hi nor lo on the left side.  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance,
Drew Z.
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« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2007, 03:36:31 PM »
fuse.....i forget which number (11 or 12 not sure).
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2007, 06:04:47 AM »
The fuses are good.

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fuse.....i forget which number (11 or 12 not sure).
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2007, 02:15:48 PM »
there must be a circuit issue for the left side lights. check the relays (although i think our car has the same relay for the left and right side). check wiring from the fuse to lights, check power at the lights.
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Strange headlight problem
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2007, 02:43:24 PM »
headlight relay?
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Same thing on my car ....
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2007, 08:28:15 PM »
Quote from: Half8;34220
Low beams work fine.  Turning on the high beam switch results in both hi & lo being lit on the right side, and neither hi nor lo on the left side.  Any ideas?  Thanks in advance,
Drew Z.


Did you solve this ? This same thing happened to me.........

I found 2 problems.  The fuse for the high beam, was blown. Fuse # 2 for me. But I had the reverse problem, the Left lights worked fine and the right lights would die if I switched to high beams. Which would make it fuse # 1 I think, for you.

 The second place to look is the connector at the back of the light switch. Corrosion on one terminal, caused my low beams to work fine but when I turned on the lights, low beams would die and the high beams could be turned on or off by the beam selector switch. Good luck !