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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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Well my fiance was headed to town and he went to turn n the headlights and they arent working at all. The dash lights come on, and all the side markers come on. But the headlights wont pop-ip and come on. He said that he checked all the fuses and replaced all the ones that were dingy looking just to be on the safe side. So far nothing. He works nights so this will leave us with only one car, and I work 45 minutes in the other direction so he is asking friends for a ride till He car figure this out. All imput would be great. Please please help!!!!

oh yeah its a 2000 Trans Am A4
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 09:40 AM
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wow now one person can help
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Anyone????
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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Well my fiance was headed to town and he went to turn n the headlights and they arent working at all. The dash lights come on, and all the side markers come on. But the headlights wont pop-ip and come on. He said that he checked all the fuses and replaced all the ones that were dingy looking just to be on the safe side. So far nothing. He works nights so this will leave us with only one car, and I work 45 minutes in the other direction so he is asking friends for a ride till He car figure this out. All imput would be great. Please please help!!!!

oh yeah its a 2000 Trans Am A4
Well, good news is, you can still drive the car at night. JUst put them up with the manual crank until you figure out whats wrong. At least he can get to work ok.

You pull the round rubber boots with the long nipple on them, off. Then crank them up. Pop the hood and you'll see them. Just rotate them until the lights are all the way up. Then you will be able to turn them on and off normally.

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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 11:17 AM
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Pics coming.

Just pull those rubber covers off and you will be able to crank them up.






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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 11:36 AM
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Check all the fuses. Underhood and side of the door. They is a couple of modules that COULD go bad but I doubt it. Get back to us
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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the lights wont even come on at all. If they turned on i would gladly turn them up manually and leave them up. I will check everything again tomorrow. Being sick I may have missed something.

Thanks again
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 11:08 PM
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My sister-in-law's Isuzu SUV did that to her once, the headlights just quit working one day. Found there was a headlight relay under the hood that was shot. $20 for a relay that wasn't even stocked in store, so I took the relay apart and fixed it Not sure if these cars have anything like that or not but it is worth checking!
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 02:01 AM
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the lights wont even come on at all. If they turned on i would gladly turn them up manually and leave them up. I will check everything again tomorrow. Being sick I may have missed something.

Thanks again
Chances are you just missed something. You cant really tell if a relay is bad, find the relay and switch it with a matching one from another location under the hood.

1. Fuse, Relays
2.Bad Switch
3. Bad module
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 06:51 PM
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the lights wont even come on at all. If they turned on i would gladly turn them up manually and leave them up. I will check everything again tomorrow. Being sick I may have missed something.

Thanks again
You can't tell if the lights are on until they pop up to their full position.
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Originally Posted by LS6427
You can't tell if the lights are on until they pop up to their full position.
... pretty easy to see they are on.. if you look.. down
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by LS6427
You can't tell if the lights are on until they pop up to their full position.
No i can tell that they arent on. Im going to work on the car again today, and hook it up to the scan tool and see if it comes up with anything, then change a few relys and the modual and see if that does it.

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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 10:43 AM
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a scan tool isnt really gonna tell you anything--lights going out won't be saved in the PCM--like Joshie said

relay, fuses
switch
module
bad wire

testing a relay isnt hard, just connect the coils of the relay (which i think would be pins 86 and 87 i believe) to a power source-an you should hear it click--or do a continuity check across the coils with a multimeter-if the relay checks out then check your switch-an just go from there
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Originally Posted by Daredevil_TA
a scan tool isnt really gonna tell you anything--lights going out won't be saved in the PCM--like Joshie said

relay, fuses
switch
module
bad wire

testing a relay isnt hard, just connect the coils of the relay (which i think would be pins 86 and 87 i believe) to a power source-an you should hear it click--or do a continuity check across the coils with a multimeter-if the relay checks out then check your switch-an just go from there
Most of the underhood relays are the same type. Just take em out and replace with another you know that works.. IE fog lights etc. Easy way to diagnose!
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Pretty much the same problem, anything? My headlights will pop up, brights will work, and fogs/DRL will work. Low beams don't work!! Before, every once in a while I would hear a crackling and the low-beams would shut off and the crackling would stop and a few seconds later the low-beams would turn on. I had no headlights all last night and drove around with my fogs! What gives?
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There is a 50A headlight fuse in one of the fuse boxes. It is a large clear red plastic one. Try replacing that. I found if I pulled that the headlights would not pop up or turn on but everything else would work.

Still have the problem! No low beams!
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Old Feb 14, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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Take apart your headlight motor/headlight harness. Clean with elec. cleaner and regrease... see what happens...
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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 06:20 AM
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try jumping the ground wire on the harness to ground and see if the light comes on. If so then your ground is probably corroded and not making contact.
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Originally Posted by Joshiedoom
Take apart your headlight motor/headlight harness. Clean with elec. cleaner and regrease... see what happens...
Doesn't apply to me but may apply to OP... I still think the OP's problem is the 50A headlight fuse or this reason below:
Originally Posted by MUSTANGBRKR02
try jumping the ground wire on the harness to ground and see if the light comes on. If so then your ground is probably corroded and not making contact.
I'm still at a loss for my issue. It's a California car and all the grounds are good.
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If you have no low beams then this might apply to you. Mine did the same. The connector had crud in it and wasnt making the connection. Everytime you squeezed the connector tightly it would kick them back on.

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