Why is one headlight DIMMER than the other?
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Why is one headlight DIMMER than the other?

 
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WENW
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:58 am    Post subject: Why is one headlight DIMMER than the other? Reply with quote
Perhaps you can help...

I have a '91 Dodge Spirit R/T and one headlight is dimmer than the other
one. Please give me some ideas on what to look for in troubleshooting the
problem?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

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sdlomi2
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:23 am    Post subject: Re: Why is one headlight DIMMER than the other? Reply with quote
"WENW" <wenw@qwest.net> wrote in message
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Perhaps you can help...

I have a '91 Dodge Spirit R/T and one headlight is dimmer than the other
one. Please give me some ideas on what to look for in troubleshooting the
problem?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.



Try swapping them, if accessible enough. If dim lite moves to other

side, replace the bulb. If it stays on the same side, check for good
contacts--ground as well as hot wires. HTH, s
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James C. Reeves
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:42 am    Post subject: Re: Why is one headlight DIMMER than the other? Reply with quote
"WENW" <wenw@qwest.net> wrote in message
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Quote:
Perhaps you can help...

I have a '91 Dodge Spirit R/T and one headlight is dimmer than the other
one. Please give me some ideas on what to look for in troubleshooting the
problem?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.




Likely a open ground, so the path of the electrical current is traveling
through the high-beam filament in series with the low beam filament (half
voltage to each filament...approximately = dim output)

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