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Richie Nichols Posted on Mar 28, 2014

Replaced both headlights. Driver's side is fine. Passenger side does not work. I can hear a clicking noise in relay/fuse box under hood which is located near the headlight. Did relay blow out during replacement? Which relay? There are 4 relays I believe.

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Not likely in the altima i have experienced more fuse related issues, switch the head lights and see if they both work

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    Richie Nichols Mar 28, 2014

    Did that. The bulb works. I could get the fuses out to check them. That will be my next move.

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    Richie Nichols Mar 28, 2014

    could not

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    Jason Feldman Mar 28, 2014

    I would also look for any broken or frayed wires between the fuse box and your headlight

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    Richie Nichols Mar 28, 2014

    I looked around for frayed wires or bad connections but did not see any. The driver's side headlight was actually not working so I bought 2 bulbs so that both sides would look correct. I replaced the driver's side with no problem. The passenger side light, which was working, I was just going to replace to match the driver's side but unfortunately something happened to make the passenger side stop working.

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No, it is not likely that hte relay is bad. since you are getting power to that passenger side lamp you are getting power from the fuse block and the battery, the problem lays in the bulb itself or the power/ ground wire to the lamp socket. You need to do a continuity check on the power line and then check the ground for that lamp. You should be able to narrow it down to one of those two things from that and repair the wire or lose ground. Although my money is on a bad wire from power to the lamp socket.

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