Q: Lights/ brights won't come on
I have after market lights on my truck. When I turn my lights on the outside light light up and when I flip my brights switch the inside lights light up. The aren't very bright and it is sometime difficult to see at night. What could be causing my brights not to work and what can I do to fix this?
My car has 200428 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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