# 2001 Century - High Beams Go Out

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-century-high-beams-go-out/52219>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** buick, century\
**Created:** [July 21, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-century-high-beams-go-out/52219 "2010-07-21T14:02:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![hopmedic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@hopmedic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hopmedic)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-century-high-beams-go-out/52219/1 "2010-07-21T14:02:45Z")

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My wife has a 2001 Buick Century, and it has the automatic headlights. When she’s driving in the dark, if she turns on the high beams the headlights go completely out within a minute or two. If she switches to low beams and right back to high beams, they work again, but again only for a minute or so.  
  
  
  
 I cannot replicate the problem during the daytime, because the lights don’t come on. During the day, if the lights are in manual, I can get the high beams to work fine. At night, even in manual, the high beams do the same as they do in auto.  
  
  
  
 Any suggestions?