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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 01:44 AM
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2000 with no headlights.Power at all three wires at the light.The high beams and park lamps work fine.So do the fogs.Fuses,bulbs and switch are new.
 
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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 01:59 AM
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Is it in both lights or just one? If it's in just one, the I would say that eventhough the bulb is new it may be bad. Do you have a way to test the new bulbs in a different Dak?
 
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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 02:43 AM
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power at all three??
download and read the section in the manual I know it's a 2001 manual (look in the forum for it). Sounds like either the wiring between the multi-function switch and the headlight bulb, the multifunction switch itself, or your central timer module (??).

Get a multimeter and start testing stuff against the wiring diagrams.
 
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Old Dec 8, 2006 | 05:05 PM
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God I hate electrical problems. [:@]
 
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Old Dec 11, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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ok there shouldnt be power at all 3. IF there is how is the current going to go from positive to negative if they are all positive. You should have 2 wires at 12V, one for each beam and a ground. Sounds like you have a grounding issue.
 
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Old Dec 11, 2006 | 04:14 PM
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remember only one at a time will be 12V with the headlight switch on.
 
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