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Old 04-25-2011, 06:41 PM
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Headlights won't hit brights?

All right guys. My headlights work on low beams but not high! I push forward and they go out. However, if I hold it back they work correctly. Switch? Relay? What say you?

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Old 04-25-2011, 07:04 PM
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Sub to this as mine do the same thing!

I did read one thread about a relay you can clean up and it will fix it.
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Any memory of the thread title, I had a prob like this but it solved itself after a trip to the mountains. I figured it was all the bumpy roads lol.
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No memory of it at all. I seen it not to long ago but honestly I don't remember the thread title.

It was a relay that gets “burned out“ over the years the fix was to clean the connections I think.

I'm on my bb so when I get to a pc ill try and search it up. Search headlight relay. Bound to come up with something
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I will be watching this one too as I have the same issue
Old 04-25-2011, 07:43 PM
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I had the same problem. Used the air compressor and blew out lots of dog hair and dirt from the steering column, and no more problem.
Hopefully the fix is that easy for you.
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its the combo switch in the collum. search combo switch and i think it will bring up some threads on taking it apart and cleaning the contacts...
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if you hit the combo switch on the column and you hear a click n the engine compartment then it's not the switch. but...... here is that info about cleaning the switch. http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...eadlight_Combo

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Old 04-26-2011, 02:37 PM
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Thanks a lot guys. It's been a very busy week. I will let you know the condition and repair when I get to it hopefully in a couple of days.
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I had the very same problem, thanks to the 4crawler write up i was able to fix it
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