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Old 09-28-2014, 09:12 PM
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Low beams don't work but high beams do

Hi I recently installed new halo HID headlights in my 2003 f150 with HID bulbs and ballast the passenger side worked and the drivers side didn't nth lights wired exactly the same. I switched everything from the passenger to the drivers side still nothing I switched everything back to passenger side and they don't work now. I tired regular bulbs in the passenger side an it worked then on the drivers side and it worked for a split second and went out and then I retried t on the passenger side and it worked for a spilt second and went out a now neither are working. I checked all the fuses and their good. Any suggestions to what the problem could be? Thanks in advance for the help.
 
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Check the common ground points for these circuits.
Good luck.
 
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Originally Posted by Bluegrass 7
Check the common ground points for these circuits.
Good luck.
I have no idea where those are located lol
 
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Old 09-28-2014, 11:27 PM
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Follow the black leads.
You can even supply temporary grounds as a way to see if loss of ground is the cause.
Make good use of voltmeters and Ohm meters to do supporting testing.
Good luck.
 
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Old 09-29-2014, 06:25 AM
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The left and right low beams each have their own fuse. Check fuses F26 & F28 under the dash.

If the fuses are not blown, check the interface between the original wiring and whatever clusterf**k came with the HID kit. You may have gotten bad connectors that damaged your original ones when they were plugged together.
 
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I would add a jumper wire from the negative side of battery to the black wire in the plug at one light.. Intermittent operation is often a bad ground.
 
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