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impulse001

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So I was just about to go out with the Mustang, and before I left I noticed the headlights were not working. The fog lights work, the turn signals work, all the lights work.. Except for the headlights. Any ideas?

PS.. Bulbs are only about 4 weeks old.

 

5.0Droptop

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Pull the light switch out and check for burnt wires.

Did you put higher wattage bulbs in?

 

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5.0Droptop said:

Pull the light switch out and check for burnt wires.

Did you put higher wattage bulbs in?

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I took out the switch, inspected all the wires.. nothing burnt. I smelled it, doesnt smelled burnt.

I did switch to the Sylvania extra bright ones, forget the name now.

 

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Check your plug socket for the headlight bulb...might of melted it with hot bulbs.....ive had this happen i had to cut off the harness and put in a high temp plug

 

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Hmmm.... Does the flash to pass work?

 

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I'm not homw right now, when I get back ill check. what's flash to pass? Lol

 

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brights.

 

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You may just need a new headlight switch. I had mine go without notice, and everything worked (parking, fog) except the headlights.

 

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hmm, well the high beams do work

Any other ideas?

 

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STMPEDE said:

You may just need a new headlight switch. I had mine go without notice, and everything worked (parking, fog) except the headlights.

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Do you know if your high beams worked when that happened?

 

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High beams are controlled through the multifunction switch.



You know what I just remembered. My 91 had the same issue when I got it. It was the Multifunction switch. Which is basically the whole turnsignal switch assy. But if I recall right I had some burnt wires coming out of the mfs that went to the low beams.

You need to do the fog light rewire mod and fix the bad wires at the MFS. You may need a new MFS also. Get one at a pick and pull its alot cheaper.

 

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You know, the bulbs do look like the low beam broke, would that be from a short? Now a good sign.. Gonna have to get new ones tomorrow to confirm

 

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Wow, so bigger problems now..

I took the mustang out, just down the block (with the high beams, lol).. While I was driving, I heard and saw a spark under the steering wheel (it was dark and I had the "coupling" thing that goes around the wheel, off..) which scared the hell out of me because it was right between my legs.. lol

So I turned around to go right home, and noticed that now the turn signals dont work either..