Dodge: '95 Neon Headlights

My Daughter's low beams just stopped working. She called me and said
that it wasn't the bulbs (As I told her). Because the highbeams work, I
suggested that the problem was the mulitfunction switch.
The person that will be working on her car feels that is simply the
headlight switch. Doesn't the power flow from the headlight switch to
the mulitfunction switch? If it does wouldn't that mean that the
headlight switch is working if she has high beams?

Try a new bulb first on either side. If no improvement, it's likely the
MF switch.

Jim Brinson wrote: 

Thank you both; the bulbs were pulled out and replaced with new ones.
But, when you think about it, the chance of two bulbs going bad over
night are slim to none.
Does the main headlight switch feed the MF switch?

Sharon K.Cooke wrote:
 

Jim Brinson wrote: 
The bulbs came off the same assembly line, the same material batches,
the same QA/QC, the same usage, so near simultaneous failure is quite
likely.
 
Yes.

alot of times the driver doesnt no that there is one bulb burnt out untill
the other goes and they realize they have no headlites, i see that so many
times in the shop.
Glenn Beasley
Chrysler Tech
"Jim Brinson" <rr.com> wrote in message
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Upon further questioning, my daughter mentioned that the only way the
high beams worked was when she depressed the MF switch lever. ( The
"flash" position)
When I passed this info on to one of the techs where I work (In
sales-not service) he felt that the problem was either the headlight
switch or a broken or disconnected wire.
Time will tell - thanks again for the advice.


Sharon K.Cooke wrote: 

If neither the high beams or low beams work thru the headlight & MF
switches, BUT the HIGH beams work on FTP, it's probably the headlight
switch (although the low beam bulb filaments could still be burned out),
since the FTP function bypasses the headlight switch completely.

Jim Brinson wrote: 

Something like this happened to me in one of my Acclaims.. turned out this
is what happened .. I had gotten in the car and was reaching into the back
seat on the other side of the car and banged the MFS switch with my knee and
somehow knocked it in-between high low don't ask me how but that is what
happened.. The only lights I got is when I pulled the lever back to flash
the high beams.. All it took was a good hard pull on the turn signal lever
to reset it and all was well.. Sounds easy,, but I had a heck of a time
figuring out what was wrong,, then how it happened...did it during the day..
didn't notice until evening.. soooo

Ted