Headlights not working !!!!! Help Fast!!!

[cesarp]

84 Buick - My headlights were working this morning and now they dont work. High nor the low. The parking lamps and breaklight all work. I can't imagine all 4 headlights going out at the same time... Is there a fuse the the headlights & which one is it... Thanks.

Note: I drive with my high beams all the time because my column shifter broke and they got stuck there. I've driven with the highbeams in the daytime becuase I like the way the car looks with them on. I know for sure they were working this morning. I turn the car off at work. Went to lunch and no light...

 

[cesarp]

my cigaratte lighter & radio is working.....

 

[cesarp]

before they went out, i would touch my headlight & parking light switch with my fingers and it would be very hot. I tought it was normal. Can someone confirm because I'm begining to think in my headlight switch. Also, where is the high beam switch located.....

 

[irockwithdirt]

Sounds like your switch is fried..........I'd open up the dash and make sure you didn't melt any of the harness' wires. Dunno if U can get the switch at a napa store? If I am correct the high beam switch is piggyback on the column actuated by a rod.

 

[TType84]

cesar, go to al's pick u part and grab one.. dont buy it from autozone it'll be expensive..

 

[irockwithdirt]

Well they're only $14.99 at autozone but I avoid autozone parts if I can....... I just try to put new stuff on my car when I there's not too much of a priced diffrence

 

[Bat]

Dimmer or head light switch

Since your high beams are stuck on I would say your dimmer switch ( the one for the headlights ) is bad. Let us know what you find.

 

[cesarp]

It was the High beam switch (dimmer switch) located under the steering column. I rigged it up and have it set for just the low beams to work. I disconected the plug which has 3 pins. One of the pins is energized + then you have to run a wire and touch one of the other pins. One is for the low beams the other for the high beams. My switch still doesn't work but my lights do. I don't have high beams Doh ...