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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 11:19 AM
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weird headlight problem.

so my driver side headlight is out and when i turn my brights on then it lights up. anyone know if its just the headlight itself or something else.
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Old Oct 16, 2009 | 11:25 AM
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Re: weird headlight problem.

That's normal. It's a dual filament headlight, meaning that there are 2 separate filaments in it - one for high, and one for low. Sounds like the low beam filament is out, time to get a new headlight.
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