Q: Headlight problem

asked by on December 21, 2016

When I Turn The Lights On The Low Beam on the left side is out until I turn the brights on then all four lights light up .And when the brights are on the light switch makes a noise like click click click click and the lights flash

My car has 146000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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