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I have a 2003 Subaru Outback. Both headlights do not work. New Bulbs, fuses are all good, High beams work as does the high beam relays. Driving lights and parking lights work. I think it might be the switch in the turn signal arm. The part is $82.00 Any ideas before i do this to save the money on trouble shooting or how to make sure this is in fact the problem?

Sounds like a dimmer switch failure.

you say your high beams work, which means you have power to the switch. Look at the trigger terminal for the low beam relay. When you switch to low beam you should have power to that terminal. Make sure also that you have power to the constant terminal of the relay. If you get no power to the trigger wire when requesting low beams most likely cause is that switch.

checked the bulbs and fuse, but I also noticed that the blinker indicators in the dashboard blinks rapidly. Please help.

Thanks

Hi Dan - toi,

Dan - this states "Suburban" not "Subaru" and the 97s I know of use the same bulb. I had this on "watch" as I wanted to see what might be said and have some thoughts now on this. What confused me is that it sugests this happens on both sides??

Ok: First note was that the dash indicator is blinking fast without blowing the fuse?? Ok: I think somehow the directional/brake filiment or wire to either is trying to empower the running lights. Could this be both bulbs are wrong and happen to fit? Don't know that one. This probably came with trailer wiring from factory all wrapped up in the back and ready to tap into or buy an adaptor. My bet is both wrong bulbs or a problem with trailer wiring.

For toi - you might notice the running lights dimly blink right now as it is,

T

Thanks Dan and Tom,

Tom thx for directing w/Dan that its a suburban and not Subaru. Thx anyway Dan.

Tom,

The bulbs are the right ones but for some odd reason at the same time I noticed the blinkers on the dash blinking rapidly, the brake lights and signals in back stop working??? I was checking the plastic bulb holsters and fuses again last night and they are fine, from what I can tell at least.

By chance would you know where I might find the wiring for tow and back lights at?

Thanks,
Toi

this is a 96 subaru outback wagon , the problem is when you put the fuse in the running lights come on and stay on if the car is running or not, and the turn signals dont work?

You have A direct short from a positive wire going to ground /Solution buy A circuit testor at auto parts store connect the claw end to A good ground on the car frame and start from the front poking wires with a fuse in and your light's turned off , If you hit one that turns on light with the ligh's off trace the wire looking for crack's or bare wire's until you find it then simply cut splice in a new peice of wire and connect with A butt connector.

I've owned my 2005 Subaru Baja Turbo for 5 years, it has 50,000 miles, and love it. The only problem I've had until now was I had to replace the Turbo charger last year.

I got the car inspected in Pennsylvania yesterday. Immediately after the inspection, the first time the horn was blown, it only made noise for a second, then the fuse blew and the horn stopped working, the turn signals started blinking very quickly, and the parking lights would not turn off. Then when I went to remove the key, it was stuck in the accessory position, and would not release until I removed the plastic housing around the steering column, and moved a small switch under the column.

Since then the key has worked fine, but every time you blow the horn, it blows for just a second and the horn/signal fuse blows out again, also the parking lights won't shut off. I actually had to remove the horn relay to prevent this from happening. NOTE: The problem with the parking lights only stopped when I removed the horn relay, not when I changed the fuse.

I guess my questions are:

a) Could the inspection have caused a short somewhere in the system? (I never had any electrical problems until the car was inspected).

b) What would be a good way (or place to start looking) to troubleshoot the problem.

c) should I just take the car to the dealer to figure this out?

Thanks for any help you all can offer.

Sounds like a short somewhere. Don't know why the problem would show up after a vehicle inspection. The problem would have to be located to determine a possible cause. Does this have an aftermarket alarm system? If you have a DVOM and schematics, you could trace down the short.

It was mostly just an uneducated attack on dealers with a whole bunch of links to another forum.

That's right hammertime. You seem to be a smart fella, Do you have any advice for me? BTW, there is no aftermarket alarm on the car.

The short has to be found with testing and troubleshooting on site with a wiring diagram. Nobody is going to have solid answers without seeing the car.

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