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The bright head light on the right side of my crystler 300 2001 will not come on even after putting in a new bulb

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You should get a medal for changing a head light bulb in a Chrysler.
Anyway, if you have it apart and haven't junked it yet, first check all the fuses related to lights. If I had my book here, that would help, but NOT! Check the socket to see it if is getting juice. If you've gotten this far you can use a coupla piece of wire to stick into the socket receivers and touch them to the points on another good 12Volt bulb. OR use a multimeter set on 12V.Don't worry, it's 12 v DC and cannot hurt you unless you're standing in a puddle of water and you're soaking wet- just be cautious. If the bulb lights or the meter twitches with some twisting and tweaking, replace the socket. (no worse that re-wiring a lamp at home... If that is NOT the issue, it is in the harness further back toward the firewall, but that;'s not really likely unless you have a hurd of mice living back there. Wrap it up and GO!

  • Don Cahala Dec 01, 2011

    Also try brightening the ring around the socket with some steel wool to clear away any corrosives that may have built up over time...a bad ground could be causing this too. Use one of those pieces of wire I talked about to make a temporary ground tothe chassis- a bolt or screw on the engine.... :)

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