SWAT81

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Ok I dug up some searched posts but they were all entries about interior and break lights, etc. not coming on. For me everything else works besides the headlights. When I turn the **** for the headlights there is no response, when I press the button to raise up the lights without it being on it comes up. The interior lights come on and the break lights all work. I checked out the fuse box and found no luck with fuses that related to lights. What could this be? I drove up to my friends house yesterday and this happened all of a sudden... Help?

Just to be exact: I checked the fuse box located near the air intake box,
I also installed a new head unit and speakers few days ago and grounded the unit to where my shifter bolt was. Could this be part of the reason?

FDjunkie

Did you try both high and low beams?

SWAT81

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What would be the difference? When I turn the **** there is no response, meaning the lights dont evne come up. I pressed the dash switch to bring it up and also tried to turn it on from there and there was still no response.

Any chance that this could be one of the relay issues?

MAD MARK

Has your car ever been in a wreck? I found some wires that finally wore through when mine did that.

SWAT81

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I've had my bumper wrecked before but not bad enough to wear my wires through :p Any other advise?

Zyon13B

What about the fuses in the inside of the car?

SWAT81

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Help me with this since my car didn't come with a owner's manuel, I checked out the fuse names on the box and none of them related to the exterior head lights. I noticed they were either interior lights or the exterior rear.

skunks

yeah, theres another set of fuses under the dash

SWAT81

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Yes, I do know this however I do not know which one would possibly be related to the headlights instead of the interior and rear lights. Or should I just go through all of them?

Zyon13B

Just check them all. If that doesn't work, maybe take off the column cover and check the wires there.

SWAT81

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I'm going to check the under dash fuse box and the relay in teh engine bay, what else should I do? Is there a possibility that my actual switch on the signal column broke?

MakoDHardie

I had a real frustrating problem with my headlights going nuts all the time. Turned out to be a corroded retractor relay. The retractors have a fuse in the main fuse group- the last one on the small box that connects to the positive battery terminal. The relay is up in the front in the long relay box that mounts on the cross member, passenger side, right in front of the stock air box. Try checking the relay for damage or corrosion. You may have more than one problem that's making a diagnosis harder to conclude.

SWAT81

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Ok I did some testing today and I didn't find any blown fuses under the dash. I checked for corrosion in fuse boxes under the hood and found nothing. The relay box seems also clean I dont see any corrosion. The weirdest thing of all is that my high beams work, however it works only when I do the tap. When I set it to turn on permanently it won't turn on but it would only when its tapped. Also, the lights still don't turn up when I do the high beams, it comes on while the lights are down. I press the manuel lights up botton on the dash and tap the high beams it comes on. Whats the deal with this???

Where is the retractor relay??? I dont have the factory manuel to find this out since I'm far up iun Jersey, Sparta. Anyone live around here to help out possibly? Been stuck up here for 2 days now.

RotorJoe

http://www.rx7city.com/93manual.htm

pomanferrari

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Your headlight rotary switch could be worn out or corroded. Saw the same thing on a T2.

I've never disassembled one but try cleaning it with contact cleaner.

turbojeff

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Fixed a car with the same problem. The relay up front near the DRIVERS side strut tower. It is fitted in a little rubber boot.

Jeff

SWAT81

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Ok despite the efforts of all the noted relays and fuses there was no corrosion to be foudn anywhere. I'm not sure of what to do anymore... Anyone else have any other ideas? I had to make a rod to fit on my blinker so I can drive down from upstate with my high beams on. How is it that my high beams come on but I cannot turn on my regular lights??? Could it be that my switch is broken?

SWAT81

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no one knows?

SWAT81

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^bump!

SWAT81

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^Bump!

rx713bt

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I think it's your headlight rotary switch. I seen a FD with that problem and it was the switch.

BFGRX7

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TurboJeff,

I need a little more clarity on this relay you're talking about. Is it the rectanglar relay box on the driver's side between the strut tower and battery? Swat, have you fixed this issue yet?

~Mike

eugenchoo

I had the same problem with my car. Could flash but could not on the headlights. Prblem turned out to be:

1) Fuse at the throttle body side
2) The headlight switch inside the steering column had short and no electricity could go through.

I changed both. Problem solved

mad_7tist

since the headlights come up with the push button. i would look into the multi-function switch on the steering column as was already mentioned

BFGRX7

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eugen,

Thanks for the info. I'll try this out tomorrow morning.

~Mike