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Offline Deanodriver

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Headlight issues
« on: Apr 11, 2005, 10:25PM »
I've recently noticed with my car (R31 Nissan Pintara, '88 GXE wagon) that one of my headlights isn't working when in low beam (the drivers side one works, the passenger one doesn't), however, in high beam, it is working (so it's not a globe issue, afaik).

Does anyone know why it could be happening, and how to fix it cheaply? (low on money at the moment)

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Re: Headlight issues
« Reply #1 on: Apr 11, 2005, 10:38PM »
could be a globe issue - there's 2 filaments, after all.

Could be that the steering colum stalky thing's shagged. Is it only the driver's one that comes on?

I've just tested it - when you pull the stalk back to flash, the driver's side comes on before the passenger side. If it's only the drivers that comes on, that may be the cause.

Check all your globes, relays, fuses and stuff. Then replace the indicator/wiper/headlight stalks.

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Re: Headlight issues
« Reply #2 on: Apr 13, 2005, 09:15PM »
twas the globe, thanks :)
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