Highbeams won’t activate?
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Highbeams won’t activate?
Hello, I’m trying to figure out why my high beams won’t turn on. The actuator under the dash clicks when I try to turn the high beams off. I see a lot of threads but all are saying that theirs doesn’t click or their bulbs might be out. Mine clicks, but the high beams don’t turn on.
I have a 1990 firebird and when I try to turn in the high beams, it clicks, but the blue Highbeam indicator on the dash doesn’t turn on, and my high beams don’t turn on, and my low beams turn off. Does anyone know how to help? Is my actuator bad? I have no idea what it could be. It just randomly stopped working. Any help would be much appreciated. (Ps, I have aftermarket LED headlights so the bulbs are not out, and I know the lights aren’t a problem and they work fine since Intslalled them almost 2 years ago)
I have a 1990 firebird and when I try to turn in the high beams, it clicks, but the blue Highbeam indicator on the dash doesn’t turn on, and my high beams don’t turn on, and my low beams turn off. Does anyone know how to help? Is my actuator bad? I have no idea what it could be. It just randomly stopped working. Any help would be much appreciated. (Ps, I have aftermarket LED headlights so the bulbs are not out, and I know the lights aren’t a problem and they work fine since Intslalled them almost 2 years ago)
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Re: Highbeams won’t activate?
Hello, I’m trying to figure out why my high beams won’t turn on. The actuator under the dash clicks when I try to turn the high beams off. I see a lot of threads but all are saying that theirs doesn’t click or their bulbs might be out. Mine clicks, but the high beams don’t turn on.
I have a 1990 firebird and when I try to turn in the high beams, it clicks, but the blue Highbeam indicator on the dash doesn’t turn on, and my high beams don’t turn on, and my low beams turn off. Does anyone know how to help? Is my actuator bad? I have no idea what it could be. It just randomly stopped working. Any help would be much appreciated. (Ps, I have aftermarket LED headlights so the bulbs are not out, and I know the lights aren’t a problem and they work fine since Intslalled them almost 2 years ago)
I have a 1990 firebird and when I try to turn in the high beams, it clicks, but the blue Highbeam indicator on the dash doesn’t turn on, and my high beams don’t turn on, and my low beams turn off. Does anyone know how to help? Is my actuator bad? I have no idea what it could be. It just randomly stopped working. Any help would be much appreciated. (Ps, I have aftermarket LED headlights so the bulbs are not out, and I know the lights aren’t a problem and they work fine since Intslalled them almost 2 years ago)
Could a fuse or a relay be bad? Also, have u tried to move the tilt steering wheel to a different position, any difference?
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Re: Highbeams won’t activate?
thanks for the response. I have been playing with it for a couple weeks now and its really getting on my nerve. All the fuses are fine. im not aware of a relay for the high beams but if there is one then i can check. playing with the wheel doesnt help, ive been driving it too. i even put my fingers on the actuator and clicked it a bunch with my fingers and that didnt help either.
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Re: Highbeams won’t activate?
thanks for the response. I have been playing with it for a couple weeks now and its really getting on my nerve. All the fuses are fine. im not aware of a relay for the high beams but if there is one then i can check. playing with the wheel doesnt help, ive been driving it too. i even put my fingers on the actuator and clicked it a bunch with my fingers and that didnt help either.
But no worries, im sure someone here knows the answer.
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thanks also for the response. What made you determine that was the problem? because idk why it would randomly go out. Because it still turns of my low beams and it still makes the click sound. Ill look into it, any other thoughts?
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Re: Highbeams won’t activate?
Dimmer switch gone bad,its quite common actually. If your lucky you can remove the dash panels,undo the 2 13mm bolts to lower the steering column and you will have a clear view of the rod and switch. The switch itself is mounted with 2 7mm screw i think,but its also slotted. The switch maybe have moved out of position from the rod Thats what happened to mine at first so I adjusted it and it worked properly for a short time. Then the switch internals were soo old and broke apart and i replaced it with a another generic switch that are used for most gm cars of that era and all was good.
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Re: Highbeams won’t activate?
Dimmer switch gone bad,its quite common actually. If your lucky you can remove the dash panels,undo the 2 13mm bolts to lower the steering column and you will have a clear view of the rod and switch. The switch itself is mounted with 2 7mm screw i think,but its also slotted. The switch maybe have moved out of position from the rod Thats what happened to mine at first so I adjusted it and it worked properly for a short time. Then the switch internals were soo old and broke apart and i replaced it with a another generic switch that are used for most gm cars of that era and all was good.
thanks this helps a lot. I ordered a part online hopefully it will work. Thanks again
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