Headlights will Not go Down
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Headlights will Not go Down
UPDATED - 12:30 - Thursday - The Thrill of Victory
I had a short in some aftermarket wiring which has been corrected. I lost brake lights, Cruse Control, and the headlights would not go down but still turned on and off.
Replaced one bad fuse, brake lights are now working again. I haven't been able to test the cruse control.
Main concern is that the headlights stay up.
Any suggestions?
I had a short in some aftermarket wiring which has been corrected. I lost brake lights, Cruse Control, and the headlights would not go down but still turned on and off.
Replaced one bad fuse, brake lights are now working again. I haven't been able to test the cruse control.
Main concern is that the headlights stay up.
Any suggestions?
Last edited by Trainman-2; Jul 14, 2005 at 12:24 PM.
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Originally Posted by Trainman-2
I had a short in some aftermarket wiring which has been corrected. I lost brake lights, Cruse Control, and the headlights would not go down but still turned on and off.
Replaced one bad fuse, brake lights are now working again. I haven't been able to test the cruse control.
Main concern is that the headlights stay up.
Any suggestions?
Replaced one bad fuse, brake lights are now working again. I haven't been able to test the cruse control.
Main concern is that the headlights stay up.
Any suggestions?
This is gonna sound all wrong, but... is your DIC showing any problems?
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Originally Posted by Rogue Wave
This is gonna sound all wrong, but... is your DIC showing any problems?
You really need a scan tool to go through the diagnostics. There is a headlamp door control module under the right side headlight... that could be what is blown..
Hard to say, it's one of those problems you have to go through systematically... and we have no way of knowing what aftermarket wiring was done and where....
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you have blown a fuse...
...look for the culprit under the passenger side foot rest...
seen this before...
If you use a good flashlight you can see barely see the gapped filament...
I think its is a 20amp fuse...
is this the fuse you changed?
...look for the culprit under the passenger side foot rest...
seen this before...
If you use a good flashlight you can see barely see the gapped filament...
I think its is a 20amp fuse...
is this the fuse you changed?
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I changed the brake light fuse which got them working again and brought the cruise control back. I noticed tonight that the dash lights are out but when I pulled into the garage, shut it off, and pulled the key the interior lights and all of the dash lights came on.
DIC is working fine.
The short was in the wiring for trailer lights. It hung down and got melted behind the exhaust pipe.
The only wires there are tail lights, brake lights, and turn signals.
Beats me why the head lights will not go back down. I check the head light fuse and tapped the headlight circuit breakers. (I don't know why but tapping them felt like I was doing something)
Tomorrow I will check for a fuse for the dash lights.
Thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming...
DIC is working fine.
The short was in the wiring for trailer lights. It hung down and got melted behind the exhaust pipe.
The only wires there are tail lights, brake lights, and turn signals.
Beats me why the head lights will not go back down. I check the head light fuse and tapped the headlight circuit breakers. (I don't know why but tapping them felt like I was doing something)
Tomorrow I will check for a fuse for the dash lights.
Thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming...
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Try pushing the high beam wand out (towards the nose of the car).
Let us know if this works for ya.
Dave
Let us know if this works for ya.
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I got tired of trying to figure out what wasn't working so I started going through the fuses in the passenger foot well one by one. I found two more blown fuses. When I replaced one of them, #6, the headlights went back down.
Now I know all of my fuses are good and everything is working properly again.
I got tired of trying to figure out what wasn't working so I started going through the fuses in the passenger foot well one by one. I found two more blown fuses. When I replaced one of them, #6, the headlights went back down.
Now I know all of my fuses are good and everything is working properly again.
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Originally Posted by Trainman-2
UPDATED - 12:30 - Thursday - The Thrill of Victory
I got tired of trying to figure out what wasn't working so I started going through the fuses in the passenger foot well one by one. I found two more blown fuses. When I replaced one of them, #6, the headlights went back down.
Now I know all of my fuses are good and everything is working properly again.
I got tired of trying to figure out what wasn't working so I started going through the fuses in the passenger foot well one by one. I found two more blown fuses. When I replaced one of them, #6, the headlights went back down.
Now I know all of my fuses are good and everything is working properly again.
As I said it had to be fuses...
...What I didnt say was that we went over the fuses 3 times before we actually found the fuse that was bad...
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Old thread but I just had the exact same problem ... trailer harness drug the ground and shorted out causing dash lights to not work an headlamps to not go down. Replaced #6 and all is fine now :-)
6 year old (almost to the exact day) thread helped out :-)
6 year old (almost to the exact day) thread helped out :-)
