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High beams wont turn on.

Low beams work fine go to turn on high beams i have no headlights at all. when i have fog lamps and low beam on and hit high beams fog light go out. please any help would be appreciated. thank u.

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  • Anonymous Mar 12, 2014

    low beams work but high beams wont work

  • Anonymous Mar 13, 2014

    Front headlights come on but the high beams

  • Anonymous Mar 15, 2014

    low beam lights work, high beam lights wont turn on

  • Anonymous Mar 15, 2014

    while changing a headlight bulb I lost my low beam and driving lights but the high beams still work. whats wrong.

  • Anonymous Mar 18, 2014

    My company bought a new 13 F550 and at 3,000 miles the high beams only came on if you held the multifunction switch, then when the high beams did come on they wouldn't go back to low beams, until like a half hour later after hitting a lot of bumps.

  • Anonymous Mar 24, 2014

    pump works fine in low but this happens in high

  • Anonymous Mar 27, 2014

    Low beams working but the high beams aren't working. The lights turn off when the knob is on the high beam position.

  • Anonymous Mar 30, 2014

    drivers side low beam went out the other day. replaced both headlight bulbs (as recommended) and the one still does not work. high beams work on both. fog lamps work for both.

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First place to start is with headlight switch. I did have a case many years ago when both high beams were blown out at once, but this is rare. When you have the headlight switch out, jump power from te low beams to the high beam contacts. If high beams come on, replace switch.
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Park up to a wall with the lights on and move the dimmer switch slowly on and off up and down and see if you get a flicker of lights...probably a bad switch

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