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Posted on Jul 04, 2009

2003 Honda Civic headlights are malfunctioning. DRL buzzing and high and low beams sometimes either work.

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IT COULD BE A SHORT CIRCUIT OR SOMETHING ELSE DRANING THE POWER GOING TO THE HEADLIGHTS.

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    IT COULD BE A SHORT CIRCUIT OR SOMETHING ELSE DRAINING THE POWER GOING TO THE HEADLIGHTS.

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Probably the dimmer switch . But without testing that would be just a guess . Turnning the headlamps on Any function that turns on the headlights will cancel the daytime running lamps operation..
No ,don't think the DRL relay has anything to do with it .

View wiring diagrams an testing the electrical circuits at the dimmer switch would be the proper way to diagnose .
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