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Old Feb 9, 2011 | 09:43 PM
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my head lights on my 1990 wont work. the tail lights brake light all dash lights and warning lights and blinkers work. They were working just the other day both now neither work on high or low beams im not sure whats wrong???
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 08:25 AM
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Check grounds
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 08:53 AM
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i no mine stop working tht other day but all my other lights work lik urs does. i could pull bak the switch for the brights and thy would come on but wouldnt stay on. all it was wast the switch for the headlights. easy fix
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 09:23 AM
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where is the ground for the head lights? and my brights wont work either thats what was so weird
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 09:28 AM
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im not sure but trace your wires tht run from your headlights. but i would try gettin a new switch. thy are only lik 16 dollars.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 12:05 PM
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The switch still turns on the lights on the inside and the brights dont work either and that's a totally different switch so I don't think that is it
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 12:12 PM
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Same thing happened to me was a short under the air filter box.Check under there its a common place for a xi short
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 04:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Skunkape
Same thing happened to me was a short under the air filter box.Check under there its a common place for a xi short
How did you fix that?
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 04:44 PM
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check the fuses by the passenger side kick panel. I blew the fuse for one headlight and bought new ones because I thought the light was bad and it turned out to just be fuse.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 04:49 PM
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my switch still turned on my inside lights and my taillights and all jus not my headlights. and it was my switch
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 05:01 PM
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like stated by other posts check:

Fuses
plug under air box
grounds
switch

mine was the plug all coroded.
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by altide8
How did you fix that?
I just cut out the place that was burnt and re wired it and taped it up really good,the wiring harness goes right under the air box and it just holds alot of moisture in that are and it had gotten ground out against the fender.(this was after I couldnt find any blown fuses or relays)
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Old Feb 10, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Skunkape
I just cut out the place that was burnt and re wired it and taped it up really good,the wiring harness goes right under the air box and it just holds alot of moisture in that are and it had gotten ground out against the fender.(this was after I couldnt find any blown fuses or relays)
Where is the fuse for the head lights? I couldn't ever find it
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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 11:13 PM
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I've the same issue. Yeah my fuse box doesn't say headlight fuse, so I'd like to know as well.
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by ifixit8
like stated by other posts check:

Fuses
plug under air box
grounds
switch

mine was the plug all coroded.
Ahaaaa.

Like this?

But, I agree that the switch is likely bad.
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