Q: Headlights not working.
Headlights won't turn on. I replaced the headlight switch, but they still don't work.
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Hello, the first thing to check would be the fuse(s) for the headlamps. If the fuses are good, if it’s just the low beam and the hi beams that work ok, I would suspect the multifunction switch. The multifunction switch is your turn signal, hi beam on/off, wiper control lever on the left side . The low beam circuit goes through this switch and when that circuit fails in the switch, the result is no low beams.
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