Thread: Dead High Beams
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Old 10-27-2010, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by sixto View Post
I have half that problem - high beams work, flash doesn't work. Pretty clearly a combo switch problem in my case. Check the 14-pin(?) connector from the combination switch below the steering column just ahead of the brake pedal. If I read the diagram correctly, pins 1 and 2 should show continuity with the switch in high beam position and pins 2 and 11 should show continuity in flash position. The high beam indicator in the dash is powered downstream of the fuses but upstream of the relay. If the indicator doesn't light, the problem is likely upstream of the relay. Looks like fuses 15 and 16 are the high beam fuses.

Sixto
87 300D
WOW I can't believe its almost a year later I finally get around to investigating this!

To refresh, my high beams do not work, sometimes the lamp indicator on the dash is on sometimes it is not. I have replaced fuses.

I did a continuity check and on pinss 1&2 I get .09 and on 2&11 I get .50

Would this indicate that the problem is with my combination switch and needs replacing? Thanks!
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