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What willl cause my brake light and battery light to go on and off while driving which causes my headlight n dash lights to dim when driving at night and makes the car not have power and makes the car charge gears hard

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SOURCE: 1999 nissan sentra gxe headlight problem

do you have the right light bulb? i own a 98 sentre and
it takes a 9004 bulb, but walmarts computer said to use 9007. That made the high beam censor stay on till i replaced it. if you look at the bulb you can tell if it is a dual or single beam bulb.!!!!

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  • Posted on Apr 24, 2009

SOURCE: 1999 nissan sentra gxe headlight problem

I switched one of the new bulbs with a working older bulb, and the problem went away. weird...

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  • Posted on Nov 08, 2009

SOURCE: On dim all four headlights are on, but the inner

first i would want to know that all the headlamps are in good working order. it kind of sounds like these are also bad bulbs. you will also need to look for good ground wires just behind the headlamp assemblies. to answere your question, YES. if things were not repaired properly and without attention to detail then you could have wiring issues. on the plus side it doesnt sound too difficult. try these items first.

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  • Posted on Jan 11, 2011

SOURCE: 1994 nissan truck. Suddenly headlights, although

probably you dont have enough power generating from your alternator which charging up the battery. or maybe if your Alternator is good but your battery is dead slightly. but batteries dont die easily coz some cells still working but very poor to produce enough voltage and current.

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