I am having a problem with my left headlight. it just stopped working like two days ago. its not a bulb, like my parking light, turn signal, low high beams, and foglight do not work on my left side at all. does anyone know what it could possibly be?

 

does your car tell you the bulbs are out?

 

yea.

 

Follow the brown wire from the lamp housing to a ground point under the hood. Make sure all the connections are clean, bright, and tight.

 

will do in the morning. if that doesnt fix it. then im gonna have to take it in!!!!

 

ok so i checked the ground and thats not it. my coolan light also comes on the dash to. but my coolant level isnt low and the temp is startin to jump around some times.

 

I don't know about the light. But for the coolant, you need to change your temp sensor.

 

One side headlight not working, and the temp guage and light acting strange forces us to pick if they are separate sicknesses, or if they are connected. If your hoses, water pump, and coolant level is OK we can start looking elsewhere. The instruments like temperature gauge and light are not connected to the engine sensor directly like a '65 Dodge Dart. The sensors report to the chassis computer and results are sent on the CANbus to the instrument cluster. Likewise The headlight switch never touches a headlight wire. The front SAM "listens" to the switch and then uses its muscle to turn on the lamps.

Sounds like a dodgy connection to the fromt SAM. With that module priced near one large, it might be better to let a pro sort it out.

 

yea im not very good with electrical stuff as it is so im takin her in tomorrow unfortunatly!

 

ok found the issue, it was a dirty wire. pain in the A** to find but i did it. luckily saving me some money on droppin it off!!

 

Was it just dirt or dried oil? Could be the symptom of something else if it's oil. Good find on the fix, though.

 

I have the same problem on the right side, both low beam and high beam, fog light, and turn signal just went off... I donno if it a blown fuse or what.... should I scan it ? thx

 

03c320 - could you be a little more specific for us? Which wire was dirty? And was it a bad connection which was remedied by cleaning the contact(s)? Thanks!

 

yea it was just corrosion on wires where they monunted to the car. its a pain to reach from top so i did it from under car. if you look under car at bottom of radiator ull see a plug follow the borwn wire from that to on the right of the windshield washer fluid resevoir and ull see a 10mm bolt coming off frame behind the fender liner, that is where i saw my corrosion. u can also follow your foglight ground wire to see where that is too. it was very similar on right side so HFJ00 you should be able to do the same if it is just a bad ground connection like mine was. and there was no oil on it at all. just a little corrosion. wire brush did the trick perfectly.

 

im also not sure if it will be in diff place on other engine types