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no headlights odd issue(have researched)
Thursday, November 05, 2009 5:23 PM
i have no head lights or high beams and when you turn on the head light switch you can hear the door locks un lock, and while you turn on the wipers they are moving Slooooow
i pulled the harnes from the back of the fuze box apart but having a tough time finding a short

HELP

Re: no headlights odd issue(have researched)
Friday, November 06, 2009 5:24 PM
Did that all just happen at once?


- 2004 Cavalier - 124k, owned since new



Re: no headlights odd issue(have researched)
Friday, November 06, 2009 8:14 PM
YESS all of a sudden they were working no problem the day before
Re: no headlights odd issue(have researched)
Sunday, November 08, 2009 11:57 AM
checking wireing have all pulled out under dash trying to isolate the short but i cant seem to find where it comes in contact to the wireing for the door locks??????? they keep unlocking when you switch on the head lights all oterh lights com on ok
Re: no headlights odd issue(have researched)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:40 PM
wow thats like a nightmare for a blond driver, did you find your short? just follow the wires to the cluster, if yo don't find the short there its something internal


Re: no headlights odd issue(have researched)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:11 AM
TO have so many things at once go screwy, check your grounds. Juice MUST find a ground, it will go through anything it can to get there and that includes common ground connections to various electrical items thus making them behave "funny" as it seeks a ground.

Dave
Re: no headlights odd issue update
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:52 PM
FOUND THE PROBLEM AFTER 3 WEEKS WORKING ON IT AT NIGHT

under the battery tray there is a grounding block looks like a relay but has 8-10 wires running to it and they are all the grounds for the front half of the car and they tend to rot out

and will have 1 or 2 wires not ground for things like wipers fog lights or head lights n high beams

if you have this issue check there first!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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