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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 08:36 PM
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I have a 99 Firebird and for some reason only the hi beams work. The fog lights or regular lights don't turn on. The switch is working fine because the lights raise and lower. I am really stumped
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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fuse?

Or all the bulbs burned out? Silly sounding I know but my bro thought his fogs on his car were bad until he decided to try a new set of bulbs lol.
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 09:34 PM
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I am going to try a new bulb as soon as I can get to the store. The funny thing is though that both of them and, the fog lights went out all at the same time. As far as the fuse I assumed the headlights (Hi and low) beams were all on the same fuse. Will definatly need to go take a look at that thxs
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Old Oct 16, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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I was having that problem a while back so I took it to a local electrical shop and it ended up being not enough ground. the guy just hooked up a little wire, therefore, adding a better ground and WALA! cost me $20
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Originally Posted by conde'strans
I was having that problem a while back so I took it to a local electrical shop and it ended up being not enough ground. the guy just hooked up a little wire, therefore, adding a better ground and WALA! cost me $20
Which means that there is a broken ground somewhere that was not fixed.
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Old Oct 24, 2007 | 11:49 AM
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check the relays under the hood
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