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Old May 4, 2017 | 05:42 PM
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I just bought the car. Both of the low beams are not working. When
I went to change the bulbs, I find that the three prong is located in the high beam spot and the two prong is located where the low beam should be. any ideas?
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Old May 4, 2017 | 07:34 PM
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PO may have had an issue with the lights (bad dimmer switch, wiring issue, etc.), and that was his fix.
Time to research the wiring diagram for the headlights, and correct the issue.
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Make sure the high/low beam switch is connected. If not the lights won't work.
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Old May 5, 2017 | 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by harmoe
...I find that the three prong is located in the high beam spot and the two prong is located where the low beam should be. any ideas?...
Swap them back.
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Originally Posted by Easy Mike
Swap them back.
On all 4 lights? My outside lights are low and my inside lights are high. On high all 4 are on. Is your foot dimmer switch connected ?
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my bet, their is more to this mystery to follow !
do you know for sure which should be low or high beam ?
as Rescue Roger stated that is the correct and only locations.
unless someone swapped headlight buckets around,
the bulbs are keyed for their specific location.
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