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Old Sep 23, 2016 | 08:40 PM
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Default Why is my headlight out?
Ok I know stupid question, it's driver side low beam, old bulb looked fine , put new bulb in , nothing .
fuse looked fine, put new fuse in , nothing
is there some kind of compasitor relay ballast condenser I don't know about ?
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Old Sep 23, 2016 | 08:42 PM
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swap bulbs with other side
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Old Sep 23, 2016 | 08:53 PM
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The bulb that come out looked good and I put a new bulb in, so faulty bulb has been ruled out
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Old Sep 23, 2016 | 09:24 PM
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Pretty common.... headlight switch.
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Old Sep 23, 2016 | 10:21 PM
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Pretty common.... headlight switch.
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Yep, there is a panel board behind the headlight switch that goes bad.
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There is a brown ground wire inside the frunk, behind the carpet. Mine was loose. Check that before you go to the trouble of replacing the headlight switch. I didn't.
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If the faulty headlight has been removed and replaced it may have been forced back into place and bent one of the connector pins over. That's what happened to mine. I straightened or 'stood up' the bent over pin via long nose pliers and solved the problem.
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