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No Low beam headlights for Dodge Sprinter

J

Jumbuck

Seasoned Expediter
Hello: I was wondering if anyone would know why or how to fix no low beam headlights on my 2006Dodge Sprinter? I have brights, but no low beams. I checked both fuses for each side of the low beams but they were not blown. I know this is probably like going to the Doctor and saying "I don't feel good!" but I just wondered if anyone else has had this problem and were able to fix it with out mortgaging both arms and legs.
I don't know if its its probable that BOTH bulbs would go out at the same time, although I suppose it's possible.
Any help anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Jumbuck
 
ntimevan

ntimevan

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
I don't know adout Sprinters, but i would try changing one light bulb 1rst. and if it works fine then BINGO change the other one, I own chevys most of my life and i've had 2 different headlights burn out within 24 hours.
 
M

mjmsprt40

Veteran Expediter
Owner/Operator
Fix the easiest, quickest things first--- then we start on the harder and more expensive. I don't know if the 2006 did anything different, but on my old 2005 it took H7 bulbs for the lows, H1 for the high beams.
 
J

Jumbuck

Seasoned Expediter
Thanks Gentlemen: That was it! The bulbs were indeed burned out: both of them. I find that unusual, but they were! It did indeed take the H-7 bulbs...not too bad to change.
Thanks for all replies.
Jumbuck
 
Turtle

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
Tech Support: Hello. How may I help you?

User: My computer isn't working.

Tech Support: Have you tried pushing the POWER button to turn it on?

User: Yes, of course. But it won't come on.

Tech Support: Is the computer plugged into an electrical outlet?

User: No, it's not. I just plugged it in, it's working now. Thanks.

Tech Support: It's what I'm here for.

User: While I've got you on the phone, my headlights are out on my Sprinter. What should I do to fix them?

Tech Support: Uhm, change the bulbs with new ones?

User: <Slaps head> I couldda hadda V-8!

Me: I need a new power steering hose. Mine's leaking.

My Sprinter Tech: Clamp was loose. I tightened it up.

Me: <slaps head>
 
J

Jumbuck

Seasoned Expediter
Turtle said:
Tech Support: Hello. How may I help you?

User: My computer isn't working.

Tech Support: Have you tried pushing the POWER button to turn it on?

User: Yes, of course. But it won't come on.

Tech Support: Is the computer plugged into an electrical outlet?

User: No, it's not. I just plugged it in, it's working now. Thanks.

Tech Support: It's what I'm here for.

User: While I've got you on the phone, my headlights are out on my Sprinter. What should I do to fix them?

Tech Support: Uhm, change the bulbs with new ones?

User: <Slaps head> I couldda hadda V-8!

Me: I need a new power steering hose. Mine's leaking.

My Sprinter Tech: Clamp was loose. I tightened it up.

Me: <slaps head>
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That's real funny there, Turtle, but being one who is basically a pessimist, I was sure that it couldnt be the bulbs. I just KNEW it was something hard, expensive, and beyond my mechanical ability. The odds of BOTH headlights being burned out at once, IMHO, is almost 0. BUT, again being a pessimist, the odds of it being something REALLY BAD are far greater than it being something simple as the bulbs. Does that make any sense? That's why I posted thinking that if it were something bad someone could help me out. BUT, even though I am a pessimist, I am also logical...There is a d@#n thin line between realizem and pessimism, so that's why I went after the bulbs before I tore the whole electrical system out and sure as heck, I replaced the bulbs and all is well! Thanks!
 
OntarioVanMan

OntarioVanMan

Retired Expediter
Owner/Operator
Jumbuck said:
That's real funny there, Turtle, but being one who is basically a pessimist, I was sure that it couldnt be the bulbs. I just KNEW it was something hard, expensive, and beyond my mechanical ability. The odds of BOTH headlights being burned out at once, IMHO, is almost 0. BUT, again being a pessimist, the odds of it being something REALLY BAD are far greater than it being something simple as the bulbs. Does that make any sense? That's why I posted thinking that if it were something bad someone could help me out. BUT, even though I am a pessimist, I am also logical...There is a d@#n thin line between realizem and pessimism, so that's why I went after the bulbs before I tore the whole electrical system out and sure as heck, I replaced the bulbs and all is well! Thanks!
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Ya should buy a lottery ticket Jim...

Don't mind Turtle...that is the Turtle way...LOL
 
Turtle

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
Oh, I know. The Sprinter will teach you that what appears at first to be simple, often is not. And the other way around.

A pessimist thinks all women are bad.

An optimist hopes so.
 
J

Jumbuck

Seasoned Expediter
Thank you Mr. OVM! I appreciate the heads up on Mr. Turtle. It really was not too funny, but HEY, I'm a team player!
Thanks,
Jumbuck
 
Monty

Monty

Expert Expediter
Halogen bulbs, as explained to me, will usually fail within a short time of each other. The cause, so I heard, when one blows, it sends a surge of power to the other, making it's failure imment.

When ya replace one, might as well do both.

I have found it to be true. So I just replace them both.
 
Turtle

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
When a headlamp blows, Halogen or otherwise, a surge of power isn't sent to the other one. If that were true, failure wouldn't be imminent, it would be instant. The reason headlamps blow within a short period of time of each other is they both have the same relative lifespan, and when one blows, the other is gonna blow too, because they've both been burning the same number of hours.

For example, if your headlamps have an 8 month lifespan, and both are installed at the same time at the factory, then both are gonna blow after about 8 months. You end up changing both of them out at more or less the same time, over and over again. You wanna change that cycle, replace one perfectly working bulb after 4 months with a new one, then they'll be blowing 4 months apart from that point onward, instead of at the same time.
 
Monty

Monty

Expert Expediter
In my years of driving ... I have replaced many headlights, (non-halogen), and driven for months, maybe longer, without the other failing.

Halogen's simply do not operate that way ... no matter the reason. Replace one, might as well replace two.
 
Turtle

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
One, very few people out here have halogen lights, and two, those who do, if they were properly installed, are on separate circuits anyway, same as the factory lamps, since the HID conversion and wiring harness connects directly to the OEM connectors, and the ballasts are designed specifically to prevent power surges to the lamps.
 
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