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Old May 20, 2016 | 12:54 PM
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Okay heres the deal. My headlights do not turn on under any condition. Neither high nor low beams. When I pull back on the turn signal to engage betwen them, the indicater light on the dash fails to illuminate. HOWEVER, every other light on the vehicle works perfectly without flaw. Tail lights, turn signls, interior, exterior, switch bulbs, etc, etc. I've pulled and tested the bulbs which are not faulty and work fine. The head lights motors operate as they should. Any ideas? It's a 96 trans am.

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Probably a bad headlight switch.
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Okay heres the deal. My headlights do not turn on under any condition. Neither high nor low beams. When I pull back on the turn signal to engage betwen them, the indicater light on the dash fails to illuminate. HOWEVER, every other light on the vehicle works perfectly without flaw. Tail lights, turn signls, interior, exterior, switch bulbs, etc, etc. I've pulled and tested the bulbs which are not faulty and work fine. The head lights motors operate as they should. Any ideas? It's a 96 trans am.
Do the motors themselves atleast engage and the headlamps themselves flip open?
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relay?
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The best place to start would be by checking for voltage on the headlight wires themself. I'm not sure on the wiring for a trans am, but I have to imagine thsyre on the same circuit, or at least controlled by the same signal.

I'll have access to alldata tomorrow, I can take a look then.
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