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Old 04-16-2014, 08:25 PM
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When I went to leave work yesterday, my headlights were not working. Whether I put the car in auto or manually turn on the lights, the dash lights up along with taillights, but the headlights don't work. The IBM's will work, but the low beams won't light up. I checked the fuses for the low beams, and I also tried replacing the relay for the low beams. I would find it very hard to believe that both headlights burned out at the same time. Any ideas where to check next?
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The cause is likely the fuse box under the hood being "bad". "Bad" is in quotes because it's most likely poor design rather than just a random failure. Check out this link for more info.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...eadlights.html

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Originally Posted by Mack1919
The cause is likely the fuse box under the hood being "bad". "Bad" is in quotes because it's most likely poor design rather than just a random failure. Check out this link for more info.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...eadlights.html

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check fuses 19 and 21 for the low beams.
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another fuse box gone bad
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Originally Posted by COMMANDER2OOO
another fuse box gone bad
Most likely issue.
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Originally Posted by cclive
Most likely issue.
too... the fuse box has gone bad.
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Thanks for the link. Yup, bad fuse box. Already out and halfway disassembled.
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Wow...that's getting right at it...let us know what you find.
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Wow...that's getting right at it...let us know what you find.
Found that "the wire" is broken. Will pick up some 20 awg copper tomorrow and re-assemble.

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