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Mike crawford Posted on Jul 30, 2015
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No headlights work on the car,no fuses are blown i ran a ground wire to the low beams and now they work but no bright light indicator in the car

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See if the bulb holders have gone brittle with the heat from the lights , if they feel really hard and crack then i would suggest the issue may be with the bulb terminals touching the holders terminals so new bulb holders would be required , other than that as you ran a seperate earth and got power to bulb it may be a loose connection , lighting relay , engine compartment fuse box has list on the cover for relays and fuses ,may be the wiring from the lighting switch, sorry plenty of options that it could be , have you had any work done to the vehicle of any sort before this problem occurred ? if so worth checking that all is back as should be , hope this is of some help

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 14, 2008

SOURCE: low beams

hello i no you said you checked your fuse box go under your hood drivers side near your strut tower their problay is a second fuse box its black some times fuses is on the cover you have to unlock the side of cover lift off on inside of cover will list what is what sometimes left and right headlamps are seperate fuses goodluck

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Mike Butler

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  • Posted on Jan 25, 2009

SOURCE: 2000 GMC JImmy headlights quit working

Check for 40 amp fuse in vehicle but most likely under hood.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Nov 12, 2009

SOURCE: My low beam headlights stop working. all fuses are

The headlight circuit is a switched ground, with constant power. You should have three terminals. One power and two grounds. By grounding one or the other of the non-powered wires you are bypassing the switch. One ground is high beam the other is low. If one head light is acting up the problem is the harness along the bumper bar between the lights, easy to get at. If both sides are affected not so easy and many other possible reasons. The for-mentioned green monster under the battery/washer jug, the switch or the relay.

Roosevelt James

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  • Posted on Dec 05, 2009

SOURCE: low beam headlights switch does not work

Bad head light switch

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 23, 2010

SOURCE: Low Beam Drivers Side doesn't work ... low voltage,

Power for the headlights on the Left side (High and low beam.) comes from the same fuse... The ORANGE wire and the ORANGE/BLACK are the same, they connect in the harness. If you only lack the 12v to make the light work connect them at the headlight assembly.

If your low beam also lacks ground the Left low beam ground is shared with the right low beam ground... Run a wire from left low beam DARK BLUE to right low beam DARK BLUE/WHITE.

If its not working now then your cursed, seek a witch doctor.

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I only have high beam headlights. I have replaced the light bulbs and checked the fuses. All the other lights work.

about troubleshooting your headlights on your vehicle. I would isolate the wire that comes from the headlight switch to the headlamp bulbs for low beam and check to see if there is a short in the wire. You can find this wire by using a test light turn on the key and get a good ground with the test light poke the wire and see if the test light illuminates with the headlight switch on. ---- Also check the wires, and check the fuse for your low beams. could of blown a fuse on your lows, but your highs will still work.
Every single time I have had a failure of low beam in a headlight without failure of high beam, it has been because the lamp bulb or halogen lamp module has reached the end of its serviceable life, not because of any wiring problems. Low beam burns out first because it is on the most. If low beam is lost simultaneously in both headlights, I would check fuse first, then the headlight switch. If low beam is lost on one side only, it is almost always going to be due to the bulb or lamp module needing to be replaced. In that case, replace them in both headlights because the other one will be going kaput in short order, as well.
There is something to check. Does the low beam relay click when you turnt he low beams on?
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Then find the BCM at the base of the steering column. In there find the grey connector and in there, find the pink/white wire in terminal A4. Use a wire to jump that wire to ground. IF the low beams come on, then it is likely the BCM is bad.
Also check a bad wire between the fuse block and the BCM. before replacing the BCM . Start under the fuse block. This is the fuse block under the hood.
This will help. Thanks please keep updated.please do rate the solution positively .thank you for using fixya

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