passenger side highbeam

[RIghtwinger1322]

i have a 92 s13 with pop ups. what happens is when i turn on my high beams the passenger side headlight goes out but the driver side one goes to the high beam, but when they are on regular both lights are on. and my high beam indicator does not come on. i tried replacing the head light and there was no difference the same thing happened, any ideas?

[masterdisaster]

remove switch from steering colum, open the switch, sand the contacts and clean everything up, reinstall..

high beam light doesn't come on bcuz it's wired to the right head-lamp..

i think i had that problem a long time ago on my 180sx

[uberkillerz240]

Ill try this, because i have a similar problem. My driver side high beam doesnt work, but the low beam works on both and the high beam on the passenger works also. Already checked the bulbs, and they are fine. Now going for the electrical system. Jst gotta figure out how to get to that switch...

[masterdisaster]

Ill try this, because i have a similar problem. My driver side high beam doesnt work, but the low beam works on both and the high beam on the passenger works also. Already checked the bulbs, and they are fine. Now going for the electrical system. Jst gotta figure out how to get to that switch...

takes exactly 2 mins to take out the switch lool ...remove top and lower trim covers... total of like 5-6 srews then remove the switch 2-3 srews..and TADAAAAAAAAA .. it's out

[uberkillerz240]

yea i already had it out. i meant open that thing up. its tough. i opened it at first from the white side, and that didnt fix anything. so im guessing open it from the bottom now. my high beam indicator does go on though...

[si1via]

uberkillerz240,

You're wrong. The suggested solution to the OP is different than your case. Just by reading the OP situation and reading the reply to his situation, I can tell that you are wasting your time. Your high beam bulb is damaged. Plain and simple.

I know because I verified what masterdisaster said about the passenger side high beam being linked to the driver's side.

I took that as a cue to start my investigation into the wiring diagram of the 240sx headlamp system. I went to my 240sx FSM and pulled up the Electrical system.

It's not actually linked to the driver side though, but it is linked to tha damn stupid indicator light on the dash via the switch mechanism in the light stalk. Go to zeroyon d/l the 240sx FSM and pull up the schematics for the Electrical and follow the crazy flowchart. You'll see that Nissan screwed up the wiring.

They linked the passenger side high beam to the high beam indicator lamp, hence when it(indicator lamp) shorts, ie corroded material on the physical link, the power will get cut to just the passenger side high beam.

I know because I had the same problem as the OP. I stumbled on this thread, and found the problem to be exactly like my problem. Although I have to flick my high beam in the momentary state and then subsequently flick it into it's permanent position to get the passenger high beam working.

The engineers at Nissan are brilliant. haha....nah..I love the 240sx. It's kick ***.

This should be stickied....as our cars are aging. Plus winter messes with the electrical systems due to increase condensation.

Good thread. You can thank me with beer.

[masterdisaster]

hmmmmmmmmmm...

that circuit is connected in parralel to the R.H. High beam.......

so that mean if the dash indicator bulb burns out the head light will still work...unless the connection to the the actual wire (where the feed is of the headlight wire) is cut or corroded

i've never looked into where that connection is on the car to see how/where that connection is made.. electrical diagrams can be tricky sometimes

[uberkillerz240]

O really si1via? im wrong in my case? i had a very similar problem. my highbeam driver side would not work but low beam would work on both sides. high beam would work on the passenger side. I pulled out the switch, sanded everything down. and vualla it worked. both high beam and low beam works. so in my case, no i was not wrong. actually, masterdisaster along with many other people were correct.

I understand that his highbeam indicator never went on and it was the passenger side, which according to you guys has a different wiring schematic?But the first thing i did was replace the bulb. when that didnt work, i knew it was electrical. If you read my first post, you would have seen i said the bulbs were fine.

[RIghtwinger1322]

yea it turned out to be my switch on the colum. i took it apart and put it back together and now both brights dont turn on but the headlights do, so i going to go get a different switch or buy a new one. depends on whether or not pick and pull has a 240 . thank you for your imput