Im hoping someone can tell me where to start with this one. When I turn on my headlights both are very dim, like there is no charge in the battery. The batterry is charged 100% however. Also the full beam light in the instrument panel comes on, thougth full beam is not on. When I do put full beam on, the left headlight comes up to what would be normal light intensity and the right headlight stops working all together...anyone got any clues??
2006-12-05 01:59:37 · 9 answers · asked by stef s 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Jeep
sorry I meant to mention that it's an 88 wrangler
2006-12-05 02:00:57 · update #1
It is a bad ground somewhere in the lighting circuit. I would check the grounds up near the headlights,and check the body and engine grounds under the hood. There are quite a few grounds and any one of them could cause the problem.
2006-12-05 13:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by david b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it should be a ground problem. what it is doing is grounding through whatever it can and in this case its the high-beam indicator. definatly repair the grounds for the headlights. they are normally within 2 feet of the headlight itself. also check the plugs for the headlights because you could find a problem there as well. if the grounds and plugs appear intact, start checking the wiring. I have seen a similar problem with the turn signal indicator/front parking light on GM products or any product that uses a similar wiring diagram
2006-12-06 15:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by Christian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After checking the ground connections and wiring harness plugs for corrosion, if you don't find the problem, there's two other possibilities. I've had dimmer switch problems with my Jeep and it caused headlight problems.
A few years ago, my father came by and said the tail lights on his Jeep were not working. He forgot to tell me that other lights were not working correctly. It took me a while but on the firewall, there is a large wiring harness connector held together with a hex head bolt. I removed the bolt and took the connector apart. The insides were corroded and full of dirt. Cleaning the connector and putting it back together cleared all his lighting problems.
Good Luck
2006-12-08 11:16:03 · answer #3 · answered by notadeadbeat 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like your alternator isn't charging to it's full potential.That and may be time to replace your right headlight.
'87 to 89 Wranglers came with all types of interesting electrical problems.
I ended up replacing the entire wiring harness on my '87 as well as bypassing the computer.I love it this way,although it's not exactly street legal.
2006-12-05 12:20:39 · answer #4 · answered by freebird_237 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a bad ground on the Head-light wiring. Find the wires up in the front of the JEEP and trace the ground leads to the connection points on the body and make sure they are securely fastened.
2006-12-05 15:00:19 · answer #5 · answered by ezachowski 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change out the headlight switch. It's not getting enough electrical current into the bulbs.
2006-12-05 16:15:02 · answer #6 · answered by Jesse D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First check your fuses, sometimes a fuse burnt will not shut your lights off completly.
then check your ground wire for the headlamps, this wire comes out of the same harness your headlamp wiring does and usally bolts to the inner fender or the same panel your lamps mount to (core support).
hope this helps
2006-12-05 11:06:41 · answer #7 · answered by nomadic searcher 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you have a bad ground to the front head lights,and is back feeding to the high beam indicator.Check grounds on the front fender,chassis,and engine block.The fender is where you need to look....both sides!
2006-12-05 21:19:38 · answer #8 · answered by tim n 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe check the wiring, does this usually happen after it rains?
2006-12-05 10:08:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋