Q: Headlights

asked by on November 26, 2016

I've been having a headlight issue for the past month. The brights work except for the passenger side and the low beams don't work. The drivers side on high beam is as bright as it can get and the parking + hazard lights work perfectly. But I need to know why the passenger side light is dim and low beams don't work at all

My car has 168000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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