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Low beam head lights not working - The low beams, both stopped working. The high beams work fine. I checked the fuses and all 4 are good. I even swapped the low and high beam fises just in case. No help.

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If the fuses are good then you need to check for power and ground at the headlight plug that attaches to the headlight bulb if you have a good power and ground there and the connections are good then the bulbs are both no good.or if you can tell the bulbs are burnt out by looking at them then you don`t have to check powers and grounds.you also can directly feed power and ground to the bulb and check both the terminals for high beam and low beam as you cannot tell which is which by looking at the terminals

  • John Gallaway Apr 02, 2014

    DUH! I forgot to turn thr headlight switch on. It has daylight running lights on all the time.

  • John Gallaway Apr 02, 2014

    The high beams only come on when the headligh switch is in the on position.

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I would suggest you check for continuity at the headlight switch at hi-low beam, check with a service manual such as haynes , failing this it could be something as simple as a headlight relay, check your relays and replace if necessary.

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It is either the light switch contacts that have failed or the headlight really that is faulty. The fuses do not normally affect both lights for obvious reasons.

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I've been troubleshooting this same problem on a different vehicle this week, and I can give you the steps I'd take.

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2. Check the fuses to see if both low beam lights are on the same fuse. Many cars have one fuse for low beam and another for high beam, so both lights out at the same time typically means fuse blown.

3. If the headlights are OK and the fuses are OK, then the problem is *LIKELY* the headlight switch. In my case, AutoZone has one and it can be installed easily; but in your case, that may not be as simple.

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