Whats up guys, i have a 1992 civic dx hatchback that i have owned sine 2002. I've been having a little issue with my head lights. at times the low beams will not work and only the high beams will. well today it's totally different. on the driver side both low and high beam work but on the passenger side neither one works. i checked all fuses and none are blown, i check my ballast and both are fine, i check the bulbs and they too are fine. I'm kind of stuck, any ideas? what i did notice though is that i am not getting any power to to the passenger side head lamp. do you have any idea what could be causing this? a bad switch maybe? any kind of help will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

 

I think if the switch was bad the head lamps would be acting up together. But being that they're malfunctioning independently, I'm gonna guess that you're wiring is funky somewhere.

I would suggest getting a wiring diagram if you're not familiar with it and check for bad connections, burned insulation somewhere, or anything not kosher.

If you had an extra known good switch, it would be quick to swap that out to eliminate that as a possibility.

 

Ballast....meaning you have aftermarket HID kit, correct? Check your ground and connections. Then again, it could be a ballast going bad.

 

yes i see what you're saying, but get this few months ago neither of my low beams were working only my high beams. now last night i unplu my passanger side head light and now both high and low beam work on the driver side but none work on passanger side. i dont know why but i feel like it might be the switch, it is like 20+ years old. but then again it could be something else. I hate trouble shooting electrical problems!

 

yes i do have HID's and i'm pretty sure it's not the ballast considering the fact that why i test it to direct power (on the battery) the bulb comes on. :-( ugh!

 

Describe how you did this^ voltage test. What did you use as the ground?

 

**Update** so on my break from work i double checked my fuses and i must have over looked these last night but the passanger side fuses were indeed blown but i could not tell since these fuses did no pop in the middle but at the very bottom of the fuse, weird i know and a rookie mistake on my behalf. Thank you guys for assistance.