jmesox

My low beams work. When I put the high beams on the low beams go out. Only the high beams stay on. I think it may be the column switch. Any opinions?

Thanks

John

Last Mango

One of us is missing something ... I'll play.

The low beams should go off when the high beams are on.

What do I win?

Evil-Twin

It could also be a lose nut behind the wheel.

jmesox

Ha! Ha! on my Pontiac all four lights go on. The low beams continue to illuminate near areas and the high beam are for distance.

John

striper

Hey jmesox, there is nothing wrong, they are supposed to work that way.

SpeedyZ

If your Pontiac is a four light system which it sounds like it may be, then it will work the same way. The low beam will go off, the high beam in the same light will come one, and the two extra high beam only lights will come on. So even in that system your low beams will be off when the high beams are on.

If your Pontiac is two light system and both high and low stays on then I think your Pontiac has a problem because I don't think any car is designed that way. I don't think the DOT allows that. I know on a Subaru if you don't flip the switch all the way it will light all the lights (high and low) at the same time, but don't run them long like that because it will melt the wires because it draws too much current for the system.

I could be that it looks like they both stay on just because the Pontiac may have much better lights than the C5, which wouldn't be hard to do.

Roc87

My '97 Silverado did that, as did my wifes '97 STS, it's possible to wire in a relay so you don't lose the lows when you switch on the high beams. It was very easy on the silverado (Drls never worked since I bought it), but the STS required 2 relays because of the DRLs (The high beams are the drls and would cause all 4 lights to be on during the day, although dimmer).

JimInGV

undefinedundefinedundefinedI have a question relating to this....on my 99 all the lights go out when I try to switch to brights?? is that a relay problem or a switch problem??

screw991le

Painless wiring makes a box that you can add, so all 6 lights stay on at once.