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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 08:18 AM
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Hi all, I have a 1997 F-150 2 wheel drive with 145,000 miles on her. While driving on vacation the Hi beam indicator light came on and won't go off, I have no high beam lights at all when pushing the switch to the high beam postion. But i do see a light change when i pull the switch arm all the way back toward me. I checked all of the fuses and all were good,i checked the passenger side bulb and one of the elements were burn't thru, I couldn't check the driver side because i didn't have the tools with me to remove the rad over flow bottle. Would 2 bad bulbs cause this ?????? also i read in the owners manual about a relay that is tied into the one of the light fuses.??????? My wife also said she hears an electrical type hummimg noise when i first start up the truck and then it stops after about 5 seconds, i am hard of hearing so i can not hear it at all.

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Dave
 
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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 01:36 PM
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Let me be the first to welcome you to the forum.

Not sure what your problem may be but it could be in the multifunction switch. I had to replace mine a few years back on my 97 because the low beams would just go off at random.

Maybe someone else with more knowledge will chime in here.

Welcome aboard!
 
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Old Sep 11, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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bulbs can do this. if the element breaks and contacts the high beam wire it will cause a back feed to make your indicator come on. you dont need to remove the overflow jug you can just pull the headlamp assembly by removing the two slide clips.
 
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