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Charles Richardson Posted on Dec 20, 2014

My low beams work when I unlock my car but dont work when I start the car

I use my remote to unlock my car and my low beams come on. I start my car and no low beam lights at all in manual or auto. What do I do?

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The remote switch is in parallel with the "normal" controls.Best guess u have a defective headlight relay

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