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Old 10-31-2011, 07:50 AM
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My headlight on the left works with hi beams on and the right works with lo beams on. Any suggestions??
 
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Old 10-31-2011, 08:19 AM
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Whenever a light doesn't light up, always check / replace the bulb first. Depending on the model year you may have a group of 4 fuses under the dash, one for each beam (left low, right low, etc.)
 
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Old 10-31-2011, 10:12 AM
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Its a 94 civic ex, changed the bulbs, still doesn't work. No cover on the fuse box for labeling. Know which ones to check??
 
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Old 11-02-2011, 04:58 AM
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Those four 10A fuses towards the right of the box
 
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Old 11-02-2011, 08:08 PM
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sounds like a bad switch at the column.
 
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Old 11-03-2011, 07:29 AM
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The switch feeds power to the fuses. With the switch on low, probe the test points of the fuses with a test light or voltmeter, with the (-) probe grounded. You should have battery voltage to ground on both test points of each low beam fuse. Similarly on high it feeds the two high beam fuses.
 
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