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Old Aug 18, 2006
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Both Headlgihts Out At Same Time

I was sitting in the car with some friends. We decide to leave, so I turn on my lights to go, and...nothing. Just the parking lights. Both headlights completely stopped working at the exact same time. Nothing else seems out of order, except that the car feels heavier. Like it's not steering smoothly. But the main thing is th headlights. I leave for work in 2 hours, and i dont get off until night time. So I'd like to take care of it soon if it's something simple. I'm about to check the connections when i get a minute
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What year ?? 01s and some 02s had a recall for problem with low beams.
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01. anything I can do to get it to work for tonight until I bring it in?
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From what I read it was a problem with a terminal on or near the headlight switch itself (not sure if the terminal # is specified)

If you mess with it too much.... That could cause problem with recall.
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Make sure you check the obvious things first, so make sure both headlights aren't just burnt out. I know it seems unlikely that could happen, but I've seen it happen first hand. My friends old Mustang did the same thing, he replaced the headlight switch, and dimmer switch and then he found out both lights were just burnt out. Like was mentioned earlier, see if you have high beams, and if you don't, and the bulbs aren't burnt, then I'd suspect the switch.
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im betting on the switch, its a common problem for them to overheat for 01-02. but yea check bulbs first. do your hi beams work?
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Switch is bad sounds like
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