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My wife has an 06 CRV with 24000 miles on it.
Last night at the store (we parked right up front) I noticed in our reflection in the window that both low beams were out when I turned the lights on. Both high beams work.
We went out of town for a few hrs and drove home with the high beams on.
As this has been construction season here in PA, we drove over those warning strips they pave into the road coming into one of the construction zones.
The vibration brought both low beams back.
Does this sound like failing bulbs? I've never in my life had them fail at the same time, but I have had them go out on other cars and come back with a bonk to the headlight plastic with my hand.
Should I just replace both of these or could there be a deeper problem of intermittent connectivity somewhere?
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The car is broken, time for a new one.
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That's the first thing I thought too, but I thought Id ask here first.
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Re: CRV headlights
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Sounds more like a loose connection someplace. Are both headlights on the same fuse for low beam? If so, first make sure the fuse is in tight, then look for a connector that is common to both low beams. Also wiggle the switch and check that connector.
You can get technical info on your CRV and the rest of your automotive fleet here:
http://www.alldatadiy.com/buy/index.html
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Yeah, doesn't sound like the bulbs at all. It's a wiring issue...
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I have an 05 Impala company car. It had a bulb out when I got it, so I bought a new one to replace it. I jiggled the harness with the lights on (to see which ones were low and high) and it came back on.
It will go back out from time to time, but I just give the bumper a kick below the light and presto- back on.
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those are not warning strips going into construction zones, those are grooves they cut into the rode to fix low beams.
Check your connections starting at the headlight and moving back to the fuse, you'll find it.
Make sure you look for corrosion.
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Also, it is possible that the vibration bounced the broken filament ends back together so they touched and welded themselves back together. It happens sometime. As for the wiring, stick the probes of a multimeter into the soket and then watch the voltage with the lights on while jiggling the harness...if the voltage fluctuates, bad wiring...if not, then bad bulbs.
This takes the bulb and the possibility of jiggling the filament ends just far enough to reconnect...
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on both sides?
Its possible I guess but the odds would be 11tyb-1
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Actually, the fog lights on my current car are halogen bulbs and both were burnt out when I got the car...I just banged against each one a few times and they started working...haven't touched them again and they have been working fine for the last 7 months.
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