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Beth Swift Posted on Mar 28, 2013

My low beam headlights won't work but high beams work fine. I changed the bulbs and it still doesn't work

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High beam switch moat likely, have you checked relays and fuses?

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Make sure you have the right bulb. Sometimes there are two bulbs per side on the headlight and you might be replacing the working one.

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It could be the Low Beam Head Light Relay. My 2011 Traverse only had the high beams working. The low beams have their own relay. It is a double pole relay ( two sets of contacts inside for two separate circuits ( 2 separate low beam bulbs in this case ) , so one low beam working could be possible. It seems the engineers at GM have a relay for the job that ( over time ) can't handle the amount of Amperage ( Current ) that goes across the tiny contacts in the relay. They didn't properly grasp the concept in Electrical Engineering School of the relationship between surface area ( size of the contact tips ) and current conducting capacity.

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  • Posted on Apr 27, 2009

SOURCE: LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS NOT WORKING

Possibly headlight switch

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SOURCE: I have to replace the halogen headlight on my 2004

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SOURCE: 99 nissan sentra headlamp - hi beam low beam issues

could be the switch. did you do anything to the switch when you changedheadlamps? maybe you put the lamp in incorrectly also did the brights work on the lamp that was "burned out"?

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SOURCE: 95 pathfinder only 1 headlight comes on both bulbs good

im a mechanic who owns a1995 pathfinder, had the same problem.your trouble is in your daytime running light module. try giving it a tap, bet they will come back on

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SOURCE: What kind of bulbs are in the 2009 nissan maxima

High beams are H9

Low beams are H11 if you have halogens or HID-D2R if you have HID

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