right headlight out need help asap

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soulflyfn69
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I have searched and found out that my problem is most likely a problem with the headlight switch. My right headlight is out and the left one isn't, I switched the bulb and still nothing. I have read that this has happened to other people and they switched out the headlight switch. My question is, is it this:I have to replace or this


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positron1
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The top is your dimmer switch for the brightness of your gauge cluster lights and the bottom is your turn signal/headlight switch. That switch is $60 brand new so check your fuses and relays first before your move on to the next step.

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soulflyfn69
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yea i thought that was the dimmer switch but i typed headlight switch in ebay and both came up, it confused me and recently I remember playing with the dimmer switch and turning it high I thought maybe I blew something then. Oh well, the fuses are good, and I got a used fully functional switch for 35 bucks via ebay hopefully it does the trick.

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VinceSez
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let me know if it works!

Zion8561
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I had that problem and it was caused by a bad headlight switch (the lower picture).

From what I remember when I was troubleshooting, the dimmer was not really a key player. Been a while though.

honeybus
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I just posted this:

zerothread?id=257994

See if it answers your problem.

Barry sends


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