The head lights on my 98 dodge ram 1500 have a problem. Only one headlight works on low beams. they both work on high beams, but sometimes go off and then come back on shortly after. I've tried new bulbs, but I still have the problem. It used to blow fuses on low beams until I found and tightened the ground. They both worked just fine for about 3 weeks and then they started this. I've looked at all the fuses and not one of them are blown. Has anyone heard of this happening before?
2007-01-21 12:45:34 · 8 answers · asked by Landon W 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
you have a bad ground wire it should be by the core support(radiator area) use a ohm meter and check the Resistance in the wires. good luck
2007-01-21 12:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have a pin hole short to ground on the hot wire for your low beam circuit.If the low beam light is at the end of the wireing loom(the one that does not work),the short is in the loom between the two head lights.(some where close to the radiator,look for the short and tape it.)All of the lights going out intermittenly could be a bad switch or a broken source wire.Use a 12 volt test light with lights on and find where you have power and where you don`t.Ihope this helped.
2007-01-21 13:41:56 · answer #2 · answered by (A) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would check the wiring first,then change the dimmer swich,and last to change would be the light switch in the dash (rarely goes bad though it can be bad). I personaly bet it's your dimmer swich (your head lights are regulated there) the light swich just feeds the power to all the light circuits(as I said it rarely goes bad ).Also if you are running a truck with a body lift the wiring may be stressed at the connectors for frame to body and body to engine ground connections.Or it is posible they may have lost ground which eventualy could cause the negative battery terminal to melt off the battery due to insufficient ground forcing it to become the only ground for the entire vehicle . Not a good thing but it does on a rare occasion happen .
2007-01-21 13:07:11 · answer #3 · answered by dinosaur 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a switch under your brake pedal that activates the brake lights when you hit it. Try replacing that. It is usually only help on with a clip and a plug and fairly inexpensive in most cases. It is also the only thing aside from wiring issues that could be causing that particular problem. Hope that helps. Good luck!!
2016-05-24 09:48:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, currently my 97 buick regal is doing the same thing. you may have a bad ground, or may need to replace the socket the light is held by. i think dodge uses a metal socket that is used for the ground, but im not sure. i still can not find my problem lowbeam headlight. so good luck my friend.
2007-01-21 12:55:08 · answer #5 · answered by boost_junkie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you have a short somewhere in the wiring harness going to the lights.
2007-01-21 12:48:48 · answer #6 · answered by rich 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is very possible that the headlight control switch is bad, in order to minimize cir cut protection the switch is dual sided internally and can burn only one series. further testing would be needed to verify this. I do have a resource available to check on this occurrence nation wide . if you would like me to check further e mail me and i will get this info for you.
2007-01-21 12:56:08 · answer #7 · answered by dachin2002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a bad ground wire....follow the wires from the headlights and see where the grounds go.
2007-01-21 13:00:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋