Headlight Not Working

[islandtuner242]

ok for some reason my driver side headlight isn't turning on.... my battery is low on power but the passenger side headlight turns on i changed the bulbs thinking they were the issue but that wasn't the case...... so i'm kinda stumped at the issue

[Ace2cool]

Check fuses/ relays.

Have access to a multimeter? Read if there's any voltage going to the connector.

[grk nickafis]

Check The plugs, see if they stay in all the way. Maybe they wiggle out. All so, check ur alternator. take it out and test it at autozone. they do it for free.

[islandtuner242]

@grk nickafis We Don't Have The Luxury Of An Auto Zone In The Bahamas....

It's Not The Fuses I Checked Em All And Nothing Is Slipping Out Of Place I'll Dig Into It Some More When I'm Off Again

[grk nickafis]

Damn, thats rough. Rockauto is the equivalent to autozone but online.

[Ace2cool]

Did you swap for a new bulb? Or did you swap passenger to driver and driver to passenger? That's the way you know for a fact, cause you're taking a bulb that you know works and putting it in the slot that supposedly doesn't work.

Also, did you ever get to try the multimeter? Check for corrosion too. That's a major problem with these cars, and being in the Bahamas won't help, as I know what sea air does to cars.

[islandtuner242]

@Ace2Cool I Bought New Bulbs And Still The Same Outlook So I'm Gonna Try The Multimeter Hopefully This Week Work Schedule Conflicts With My "Z Time"

[islandtuner242]

ok so i tried a full powered Optima battery and the passenger side high beam turns on but none of the other lights (passenger side low beam driver side lights, high & low) turn on hopefully tomorrow i'll have more of an update on the situation....... i heard from a friend that the turning signal switch has something to do with it but i'm not too sure how that may affect the headlights

[greendusk]

I'm having a similar problem. Today I forgot my lights on of course when I came back To my car to head out to lunch my battery was dead. I got a jump (not the first time I've had a jump since I've owned the Z.) and one of my headlights would not come on. At first I thought that the HID bulb was killed by the jump. Then I noticed that my high beams were on in a diminished state.

When I tried to turn on my high beams the passenger side highbeam would not turn on. But when the low beams are set the driver's side low beam Is fully on and Both high beams are on diminished state.

I'm going to get a picture of it right now

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vom2O4jRI2o[/youtube]

[greendusk]

I changed the fuse for the right headlight six times it is just burning out every time.going to look and see if anything is wrong today.

[minlow88]

when I got my car. Passenger high was very bright, driver high was very dim, and both low beams were faint, all at the same time, also my high dash light was on. I replaced turn signal switch, headlight switch, fuses were good, replaced all 4 bulbs. Still had the problem, only thing i did not replace was the relays, But I did swap realys, and everything stayed exactly the same.

Checked the wiring harness for any cut wires. coming throught the fender, all the way to under the hood. Everything was cherry.

I bypassed the relays and hard wired my headlights to a 3 way toggle, up for high, down for low, and off in the middle. I also ran my fogs to a toggle, just on and off.

Only thing that sucks is I have to turn on driving lights so I have tail lights.
And flip my toggle.

I know its not the best way of fixing the situation. But it works just fine.Been rolling for 3 months now with no problems, and I drive alot at night.

[greendusk]

Found out that my prob was. the ballasts for the HID was killed when i jumped my car. When it is in it pops the fuse for the light it is on.

[islandtuner242]

I Know I'm VERY Late With An Update Works Been Hectic And Many Other Problems Have Been Coming Up On The Z So Here's The Update With The Headlight........ I Ordered New Connectors With A Pig Tail Harness Tried Wiring One Of Them In This Morning But Still No Power So Now I'm Really Like I Have No Idea As To Why I Can Only Get One Headlight To Turn On....... I'll Post A Pic Of It In A Few (Also Can Someone Please Tell Me HOW To Post Pictures??)

[islandtuner242]

@minlow88 If Possible Do You Have A Write Up For Hard Wiring The Headlights As You Stated I Think I'm Going To Have To Do That For My Low Beams

[minlow88]

I will take a couple pics of my relay box, I did my Fogs, Lows and Highs

[minlow88]

I ran a 3 way switch. Black is the middle prong and the blues are to the other ones, flip it one way for low and the other for brights, not the right way but it fixed my issue

[minlow88]

That is headlight relay next to the fog relay

[inlowm523_90tt]

yeah minlow, you seem to be right...thats nice of you my brother