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Old Sep 29, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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No low beam on Head lights

As if all other problems were not good enough with my car,
Yesterday I noticed that head lights are not coming on. Highbeem works fine, fog lights work fine, but no low beam.
Any one has suggestion on what could be wrong ?

Thanks
Old Sep 29, 2006 | 02:33 PM
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perharps I'm stating the obvious here but I'm not sure if you know this- our cars have a single bulb that has both the high and the low beam filaments. One, ussually the low beam can and will burn out before the other as its used a lot more. Simply put- replace the bulbs.
And I'd replace both left and right bulbs at the same time otherwise you'll be looking at the same problem a few weeks later.
Old Sep 29, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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i dont know if both work on the same fuse but if they dont check your fuse
Old Sep 29, 2006 | 05:04 PM
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no fuse for headlights...i think there is a fusible link though
Old Sep 29, 2006 | 05:25 PM
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yes there is a fuse for the headlights under the hood
Old Sep 29, 2006 | 06:49 PM
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If you have aftermarket bulbs from an autoparts store then your harness is probably burnt. Unplug the bulb and look into the harness and if one of the three slots is chared and melted then you found your problem. You can get new harnesses at the autoparts store and just wire them up. I had this problem a while back when I had those HID knock off bulbs.
Old Sep 29, 2006 | 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by LiGhtSoUt
yes there is a fuse for the headlights under the hood
again its a fusable link
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 09:40 AM
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I checked all over, couldn't find fuse for low beams. Can anyone please give some hint where its located.
Again High beam works fine so fuse has to be for low beam only, and definately its not under hood. Dash fuse box have no mention which fuse is what.
Any help is really appriciated
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 10:26 AM
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What are you running? High wattage bulbs? Regular bulbs? Higher wattage bulbs could have damage the harness as previously stated, but most likely its the fusable link. You might have to trace the wires back to find that one. The fuse box inside does show exactly what the fuses are. Its on the back of the panel. There's a list for the engine bay fuse box as well. And you're sure the bulbs just arnt burnt out correct?
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Cdg2125
What are you running? High wattage bulbs? Regular bulbs? Higher wattage bulbs could have damage the harness as previously stated, but most likely its the fusable link. You might have to trace the wires back to find that one. The fuse box inside does show exactly what the fuses are. Its on the back of the panel. There's a list for the engine bay fuse box as well. And you're sure the bulbs just arnt burnt out correct?
Thanks Its regular bulb's, I don't think they are bad, simply because both of them going bad simultaneously is little hard to believe.
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 05:31 PM
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[QUOTE=nitink] I don't think they are bad, QUOTE]
i say test, don't guess. do you look at both headlight every single time you turn them on? no...double check the bulbs.
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by MaximaSE96
again its a fusable link
there are 2 FUSES for the left and right headlights in the engine bay.
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 05:41 PM
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oh, and to the original poster, get new bulbs.
Old Oct 1, 2006 | 08:41 PM
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Just get a test light, plug it into the middle hole in the headlight socket, turn the light on, if the light lights up you need new bulbs. If it doesn't double check by probing the middle wire on the headlight socket further up in the harness incase it may have burnt out near the bulb. If still no luck it could possible be the stalk switch if the fuses are all good.
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