# Head Lights out Bright lights ok

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-lights-out-bright-lights-ok/129484>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** jeep, lights\
**Created:** [November 24, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-lights-out-bright-lights-ok/129484 "2018-11-24T20:37:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![baldo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d2c977/32.png) [@baldo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/baldo)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-lights-out-bright-lights-ok/129484/1 "2018-11-24T20:37:37Z")

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2001 jeep cherokee limited 4 . switched to brights and when I turned the off headlights were out. dashboard lights , running lights and brake lights ok, both fuse boxes ok. whats next

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-lights-out-bright-lights-ok/129484/2 "2018-11-24T22:24:34Z")

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Check the low beam relay in the fuse box under the hood.

Tester

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2018, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-lights-out-bright-lights-ok/129484/3 "2018-11-24T23:06:22Z")

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True story…  
Several years ago I had to use my wife’s car in the evening for a short trip. I noticed as it got darker that the low beams weren’t all that great. I switched to high beam and they weren’t as bright as I had expected they’d be, either.

I stopped the car with low beams on and got out to look at them. One side was out because a low beam filament had burned away. I threw on the high beams and took a look. The high beam on the opposite side was out because the filament had fried. 🤭

Long story, short version, had my wife kept driving she eventually would have had **no** low beams and/or **no** high beams as another light burned out. She was one filament short of total darkness.

Two new bulbs fixed it. Wow! I could see! Not sure if it helped my wife, ha, ha… 😏

Unless one checks frequently or drives where it’s dark (and is observant) this is what can happen.

So, if a temporary relay swap (with another of the **same** part number in a non-critical location in the fuse/relay box) doesn’t do it then examine the bulbs carefully.  
_ **CSA** _  
🌴🕶🌴

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**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-lights-out-bright-lights-ok/129484/4 "2018-11-25T20:19:51Z")

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> [@common\_sense\_answer](#):
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> She was one filament short of total darkness.

That’s not nice to say about your wife.😂

Yosemite

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/head-lights-out-bright-lights-ok/129484/5 "2018-11-25T21:06:55Z")

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> “She was one filament short of total darkness.”

> [@Yosemite](#):
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> That’s not nice to say about your wife.😂

It’s Okay. She’s a **Trophy** 🏆 **Wife**!  
🌴🕶🌴