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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 01:55 AM
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i have a 94 dodge ram 1500 5.9L, and about 3 months agao my headlights started flickering on and off.. then they just stoped working, and when they worked i only had high beams. i put a new dimer switch in it, and it didnt help... can someone help me plz its hard to see with foglights at 2am lol
 
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 02:09 AM
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Sounds like the filament and the bulbs have gone bad. Put in a new set of bulbs and this will more than likely solve your problem. Same thing happened to mine last year, they were crappy ebay bulbs. Would flicker on occasion, then finally only had 1 headlight working, the high beam. New set of sylvania's, and have not had a problem since.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 03:49 AM
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they were new headlights did it the second day i put them in, they were the really bright ones kinda look blue
 
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 03:51 AM
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Did you make sure not to touch the bulbs with your fingers? If you did, you may have gotten some grease on there and that will cause halogen lights to blow and not work. Would make sense since you just put them in...
 
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 04:38 AM
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 11:49 AM
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i've got that problem too. i replaced the DRL module AND THE dimmer switch/headlight switch. neither solved said problem. some of the gents on the site have said its the 'multifunction' module or something like that, i believe thats basically the turn indicator switch thing in the steering column. i haven't gotten around to swapping that out yet but thats all thats left to replace..........
 
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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 12:40 PM
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the turn signal thing is the dimmer switch i replace it and it didnt help
 
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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 02:59 AM
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If these are the hi power lights off ebay, higher voltage then stock. Check the wiring harness at the lights. I have had the light plugs melt with this type of bulb because the wiring harness isn't a large enough wire to suport the power.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 04:13 AM
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Have you pulled these 'new' bulbs out yet to see if the filament disconnected or burned up? You'll see these little spiral wires connected to either side, should be two spirals a bulb (one for high, and one for low beam)

If they are burnt up, just try a new set of regular sylvania bulbs from the auto store. Cheap to replace, and might solve your problem.

Just sounds like you got a bad set, or the wrong set of bulbs IMO
 
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Old Aug 23, 2010 | 10:02 AM
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both lights should work i am thinking it might be a bad ground ima re ground them to the frame somewhere
 
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