Headlights not working
#1
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This morning I flipped on my headlights and neither are working, high/low beam.
History:
I changed out the halogen headlights with OEM HID Lamps, Philips bulbs, OSRAM ballasts, and Morimoto wiring harness. Ballast and bulbs are only a few months old.
- I've checked the main power connection at the terminal and where the Morimoto harness connects to the factory harness.
- I've checked both grounds
- I've checked the Morimoto fuse and the fuses for high/low beam (16,17, and 39)
Any other ideas? Could this possibly be an issue with MotoControl relay box?
History:
I changed out the halogen headlights with OEM HID Lamps, Philips bulbs, OSRAM ballasts, and Morimoto wiring harness. Ballast and bulbs are only a few months old.
- I've checked the main power connection at the terminal and where the Morimoto harness connects to the factory harness.
- I've checked both grounds
- I've checked the Morimoto fuse and the fuses for high/low beam (16,17, and 39)
Any other ideas? Could this possibly be an issue with MotoControl relay box?
#2
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Wasn't there issues with the Morimoto harness? I thought they had resolved the issue, though. If both are not working then it has to do with the main harness/MotoControl I would assume.
#3
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Pull the control box off and check to make sure that there is no corrosion in any of the terminals. I had one where the terminal on the box was loose. The other time I had issues where it had actually melted some plastic into the terminal on the plug. Everything has been good for about 9 months and now my lights are starting to act up again with that control box. I guess they have a new way of controlling all of it but I haven't looked into too much. A lack of time and parts is kind of holding me back at this point of the investigation.
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ESB, keep me posted. Exact same situation except my high beams work but my lows do not. The research I did seemed to point out that a new relay would remedy the situation. However how many do I need to purchase to keep them in working order? Sucks.
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I just went through this about 2 weeks ago, I too bought oem hids with the morimoto harness. They worked good for about 10 months them one night after work I had no low beams. So I contacted the retro fit source and they sent me a new control box. While I was waiting for it in the mail my lights worked again on their own. Then once again I had no lows only highs. The new box changed nothing so I found out that where the harness plugs into the oem headlight input, one of the female spades corroded and broke off inside the oem plug. I couldn't get it out and ended up basically destroying the oem plug. The retro fit source sent me a whole new harness free of charge. They also sent me a new connector and new spades to use but they were of very cheap quality and couldn't get the spades in the plug. So I ended up cutting off the factory connector on the drivers side that isn't used and just spliced it in. I made sure to liberally apply dielectric grease to everything and electrical taped the **** out of every connection. Its working again just fine. Hopefully it lasts this time. I will add that I didn't use any grease when I put the first harness in. Hope this helps.
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So I checked basically every connection that would affect both lights to not work at all and everything looked fine. I called The Retrofit Source, who I bought them from, and they immediately put in the order to send me a new MC box. I'm very pleased with the customer service, and will let you guys know how the new control box works out.
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So I checked basically every connection that would affect both lights to not work at all and everything looked fine. I called The Retrofit Source, who I bought them from, and they immediately put in the order to send me a new MC box. I'm very pleased with the customer service, and will let you guys know how the new control box works out.
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Yep their customer service is great, but you better order a spare harness, and keep in the truck, because you never know when its going to crap out. I went through 3 and then had enough and put the halogens back in because they suck, but at least they worked when I turned them on.