Low Beam's Don't Work

[Silvapain]

Took the GTP out tonight because my wife was said the transmission was acting funny today, and I found out that the low beams aren't working. She had night classes earlier tonight, and she said they worked just fine then.

I tried to do some searching on ClubGP and through Google, and turned up nothing worthwhile. (PS - the search function on ClubGP blows harder than a tuba-playing hooker). Is this a common failure, and where should I start troubleshooting?

Click to read more...

 

[Just Yourshadow]

My first guess would be does the switch work and the light sensor just f'ed up. or did it blow a fuse? IIRC there is a low beam fuse in one of the electrical boxes. Are the bulbs good? Do the running lights go on? these are some things i'd look at first

 

[Silvapain]

Bulbs are fine. High beams come on, as do parking lights, and low beams do not come on either with auto lamps or with the switch. I'll find out about DRL's tomorrow. Checked the 60A megafuse in the engine bay fusebox, and it's fine. Did see a breaker for the low beams in the cabin fusebox, but of course there isn't another one in there on another circuit that I can swap in to test.

 

[DaytonaGTP25]

I had the same problem.... and I thought the same thing. they both just stopped working one night, high beams and parking worked so i thought it wasnt bulbs, i replaced my fuse and the breaker, nothing. I had extra bulbs laying around and said what the hell....i pluged them in...and...they worked.... So as much as you don't think it's the blubs, as I did.... try the bulbs.... worked for me lol....

 

[Silvapain]

I might as well, I have a couple spare 9007 bulbs lying around.

I have ordered a new MFS though, and it should be here tomorrow.

 

[Toasty]

i had similar issue awhile back. flipping the brights a few times would bring the lows back, but after the second time it happened, stopped working all together. changed out the stalk and all good again.

 

[Silvapain]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (DaytonaGTP25 @ Sep 5 2008, 07:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

I had the same problem.... and I thought the same thing. they both just stopped working one night, high beams and parking worked so i thought it wasnt bulbs, i replaced my fuse and the breaker, nothing. I had extra bulbs laying around and said what the hell....i pluged them in...and...they worked.... So as much as you don't think it's the blubs, as I did.... try the bulbs.... worked for me lol.... [/b]

...it's the bulbs... both are blown. They were Silverstar Ultra's and less than a year old.

Maybe I should look into those Spyder projector headlights since I have an excuse now to upgrade. The money I get back from returning the switch should be enough to cover the costs ($367+tax).

 

[Silvapain]

If anyone cares I bought the projector housings and they worked great:

I also disabled the DRLs for future install of HIDs.