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98 Cavalier High Beam Help!!!! - 9/1/2007 11:16:50 PM    bensminger2003   Posts: 11 Joined: 8/29/2007 Status: offline Hey everyone....new here. I have a 1998 Cavalier base coupe in which the driver side highbeam doesnt work. Have tried the obvious like changing the bulb. Still doesnt work. Funny thing is that the daytime running lights on that side of course work...but yet no highbeam. We looked at the wiring going to the headlight and also replaced the combo switch just in case that could be the prob....nope. Still doesnt work but yet the DRL does....what else could it be?? Never seen something like this happen before so I dont know what to do. Also checked the fuses....nothing. Now when I bought the car, it was wrecked on the driver front...like someone hit a deer. Had to put a new driver fender and headlight assy in, but everything worked right after that. Basically went to use it one night and saw that it didnt come back on.  Any help would be appreciated on this cause I dont wanna have to pay Chevy loads of money that I dont have just to get this fixed!! Thanks!! Post #: 1

RE: 98 Cavalier High Beam Help!!!! - 9/2/2007 7:05:05 AM    bensminger2003   Posts: 11 Joined: 8/29/2007 Status: offline bump (in reply to bensminger2003) Post #: 2

RE: 98 Cavalier High Beam Help!!!! - 9/4/2007 12:18:36 AM    bensminger2003   Posts: 11 Joined: 8/29/2007 Status: offline noone on here has any advice or solutions to this???? I dont want to have to take this thing to the dealer...thats why i asked on here. (in reply to bensminger2003) Post #: 3

RE: 98 Cavalier High Beam Help!!!! - 9/4/2007 9:56:03 AM    EricK   Posts: 30 Joined: 5/19/2007 Status: offline My sister had a 98 sunfire on which different random bulbs continuously went out. make sure theres no corrosiion in the housing (in reply to bensminger2003) Post #: 4

RE: 98 Cavalier High Beam Help!!!! - 9/4/2007 10:56:44 AM    bensminger2003   Posts: 11 Joined: 8/29/2007 Status: offline thanks for the reply and advice....yea we checked the cond of the bulb, housing, and the connections...all good. (in reply to EricK) Post #: 5

RE: 98 Cavalier High Beam Help!!!! - 9/4/2007 1:35:07 PM    ruffrider285   Posts: 89 Joined: 3/4/2007 Status: offline This happened to my cavalier...if you want a cheap fix, get some wire and amp connectors, connect the wire to your passenger side highbeam and run it along to your driver side highbeam power wire and attach it. This worked for me for about 2 years then i finally replaced my wiring harness because my blinkers went out. (in reply to bensminger2003) Post #: 6

RE: 98 Cavalier High Beam Help!!!! - 9/5/2007 12:37:32 PM    bensminger2003   Posts: 11 Joined: 8/29/2007 Status: offline yeah i need a cheap fix cause the car wont pass WV inspection until i get it working....what color wire would i tap into on the pass side....and would i cut the driver wire and then attatch it or just tap into the driver side (the one thats not working). Would it affect the daytime lights or the lowbeams in any way? Thanks so much for the info...I would have tried something like this but was told it was doine on my dads friend's cavi ad it ended up frying something so i didnt know. (in reply to ruffrider285) Post #: 7

RE: 98 Cavalier High Beam Help!!!! - 9/5/2007 1:58:07 PM    golfer   Posts: 600 Joined: 10/8/2006 Status: offline If I recall correctly the high beam is the same lamp used for the DRL. So it sounds like the wiring and socket are sound. The DRL module supplies reduced current to the high beam lamp so likely the problem is in the module not switching to the higher current needed for the high beam. (in reply to bensminger2003) Post #: 8

RE: 98 Cavalier High Beam Help!!!! - 9/5/2007 9:40:29 PM    bensminger2003   Posts: 11 Joined: 8/29/2007 Status: offline ok..is the DRL module diff from the DRL relay in the fuse box inside the car? I did have to put a new relay in it back when i bought the car. Does the DRL Module supply the limited current to BOTH highbeam lamps or to just one? Is there any way to test this module to determine if it really is bad or not? Where is it located in the car and what does it look like? Something I thought was interesting that happened to me the other night with these lights....I basically was messing around and it was at night. What I did was had the low beams on. I turned them off and paid attention to the way they went from headlight to DRL....I heard one click from inside the dash and then they came on. Then I turned the headlights back on and went over to the highbeams. This time when i turned the lights off and it went to switch over to DRL I heard like 3 or 4 clicks and then the pass side DRL ( the one with the working highbeam) came on...then a couple seconds later the driver side one ( this highbeam doesnt work) came on and when this happened, the pass DRL seemed to dim a lil bit to match the brightness of the driver DRL. I dont know about u guys but I thought that was a lil weird so I thought i would share that with you all and see what u guys thought about it. (in reply to golfer) Post #: 9

RE: 98 Cavalier High Beam Help!!!! - 9/6/2007 8:34:44 PM    bensminger2003   Posts: 11 Joined: 8/29/2007 Status: offline any ideas (in reply to bensminger2003) Post #: 10

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