Im no mechanic either but some things that i would check would be all the fuses, the switch. see if you can see any condinsation built up in the lights that could have caused a short. finally replace both lights it will give you an excuse to upgrade to better brighter lights. other than that you need someone with more knowledge sorry.
Ack! Lights Out!
I'm new here, but I DID do a search before posting (and didnt find anything helpful). Sooo....
I have a 96 Catera. Last night I leave work (in the dark) and I notice my foglights, yellow sidelights, etc came on....but my low beam headlights DIDNT. High Beams worked, low didnt.
" Both went out at once!? " I thought. Seems its more likely a FUSE is blown. I know where my fuse box is, but dunno which fuse it might be. So I looked in the box and most of the fuses are the square/fat type, and I cant tell if they're blown or not (they arent 'see thru').
Granted, I'm definately not a mechanic by any means, I wanted to see if I could fix it myself (with some help from you guys, of course
) - before sending her off to the mechanic.
thanks, i'll owe you my firstborn!
I have a 96 Catera. Last night I leave work (in the dark) and I notice my foglights, yellow sidelights, etc came on....but my low beam headlights DIDNT. High Beams worked, low didnt.
" Both went out at once!? " I thought. Seems its more likely a FUSE is blown. I know where my fuse box is, but dunno which fuse it might be. So I looked in the box and most of the fuses are the square/fat type, and I cant tell if they're blown or not (they arent 'see thru').
Granted, I'm definately not a mechanic by any means, I wanted to see if I could fix it myself (with some help from you guys, of course
) - before sending her off to the mechanic. thanks, i'll owe you my firstborn!
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To change the bulbs it really isn't that much of a pain. It is time consuming though. If you do deciede to do it make sure you don't touch the adjustmen screws for the angle of the light b/c you don't want to be driving around with lights that point in the wrong direction. If i can remember correctly all you have to do is go from the back and twist off the hosuing for the bulb.Seifer said:Yeah, thats just the thing. These odd size/shaped fuses - I cant tell if one went bad or not. It also appears replacing the bulb will be a pain in the butt!
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