No headlights

[Bolty]

My headlights went out last night, the indicator says the brights are on but nothing. Flipping the high low switch does nothing

 

[Sharkey5_06]

Check fuses first! I had this problem a while back I took the headlight assembly off and the bulb sockets were rusted and corroded. I cleaned te bulb ends and the sockets and the lights worked! Probably just a bad connection!

 

[05Bueller]

I'm glad I saw this. Was going to post asking why my low beam was out. Although I guess it could have blown. I'll be checking the fuses tomorrow.

 

[Sharkey5_06]

05buelller make sure you check for
Corrosion or rust! If ur bulb is good that is! If Only one bulb is bad it's not likely to be a fuse!

 

[Iamarchangel]

Specifically, the ground wire on the three into four connector at the headlights. Wiggle them and see if the light comes back on.

 

[Sharkey5_06]

Exactly! That's where my problem was as well! A while back!

 

[Bolty]

How do I get this connector apart

 

[Mark XB12r]

They are pretty straight forward, if depressing the tab down doesn't work, try pushing it together press tab then pull apart. I found with connectors of all sorts, pushing together before pulling apart works more often than not.

You headlight problem may be a relay... try switching the three of them around

 

[Bolty]

I wiggled the ground wire on the three to four connector and all that happened was the brights indicator flickered. does that mean that my short is in the connector?

 

[Iamarchangel]

That would be my guess. If you look inside, you might see green corrosion on the ground wire. They are pretty thin.

I ended up using bullet connectors to bypass the connector. You have to go back an inch on the wire to get past the corrosion anyway.

 

[Bolty]

Can I just bypass the ground from the connector or do I have to do all the wires?