Low Beams don't work.

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  1. LimeTime

    LimeTime New Member

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    Left for work this morning and my low beams don't work but high beams do checked fuses all good, repluged low beams in high beam socket they work.

    So lights good, fuse good, (checked both sides for blown fuses) I don't know have a clue? Any ideas?
     
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    Contacts contacting? Wires not severed?
     
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    No wires look good I did move the high beams to the low beams; so I can ride for now I always thought four headlights looked good but also handy (go figure). This being a automatic function not sure of modules that might control this or computer. I hope I dont have to go to stealership.
     
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    Check the high/low beam switch on the left handlebar, they tend to get a little funky, collect water, corrode, not make good contact, etc. Blow it out with some compressed (or canned) air, rinse with some rubbing alcohol and blow out again. Hopefully this makes the lights come back on. Pack housing full of dielectric grease and re-assemble. Good luck!!!
     
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    My bad,gotta edit my original post. "Signal" voltage for the low beam headlights on the 6th gen. bikes doesn't come from the light switch in the left handset,it comes directly from the fuse,routes through the start switch,passes across the Blue wire harness connector,and then goes directly to the low beam relay. The light switch in the left handset routes "signal" voltage to the high beam headlight relay only. Swap the high and low beam relays around LimeTime,the low beam relay might be defective. If that doesn't cure the problem then you'll need to start probing wires to see where you're losing power. Let me know what you find.
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    I droped it off at the dealer the abs light had been on so he is going to look at both problems.
    Overtime next week now I know what to use it on.
    Keep chewing gum I need the OT.
     
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    Well...I know it's been awhile ago, but would love to know how this turned out???
     
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    It was the normal charging problem. Over charge fried the beams and cooked the battery. I had it fixed and sold it seemed like every 1000 miles had to replace both. But sure do miss it.
     
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    I had the same problem. It was the lo-beam relay that was in the photo.
     
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