Headlight Switch?
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The steering wheel needs to come off. In order to remove the steering wheel you first need to remove the airbag. If you are not versed in proper airbag handing procedures you should not attempt to remove it yourself.
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I've never done it, but I'll give it a try. Disconnect battery and let it sit a few minutes? then remove the torx drive screws in the sides? The big, littles, or all four? I guess I need to give in and get an FSM. I'd like to get in there and clean all the contacts really well and see if that fixes it. Are these switches still available new? I appreciate the help.
DO NOT attempt to remove an airbag unless you know the exact procedure to follow. Buy yoruself the factory service manual and study the SRS section completely before you proceed.
Have you found out what it is yet? I'm kinda having the same problem only my low beams won't even come on. I've had the switch taken apart and everything seems fine, the parking light come on but when I turn the switch all the way the I get nothing. Like you my lights do come on when I pull back the combo switch but not when pushed forward. I have had my dash ripped completely apart. I check the headlight relay all the wire connection and haven't found anything wrong. I've been driving at night with my brights disconnected and a lighter jammed behind the light arm so I have lights
Similar problem - my low beams don't work but my brights do and it happened just all of a sudden. I checked fuses and they're fine...was really hoping it would be something so simple.
Is this something I should just take to a dealer to look at?
I'm a 1
wrencher and afraid of breaking something I really can't afford to fix.
Is this something I should just take to a dealer to look at?
I'm a 1
wrencher and afraid of breaking something I really can't afford to fix.
.........Is this something I should just take to a dealer to look at?
I'm a 1
Don't think that's necessary, especially after the limited $ resource remark. Just need a FSM with wiring diagrams. If you shut ignition off, pull key out and try your light switch, do your lights work? If you left light switch on, cycle off and back on. I've got a '94, so the '96s might be different. On my '94, when I have lights and engine on, when I turn ignition off, the lights shut off automatically - idiot proof so you don't run down your battery by leaving your lights on. If it's left in that mode: engine off, switch on & lights out, I can cycle the light switch to off and now when I turn the light switch on with engine off, the lights respond to the switch. If your switch works with the engine off, but not with it on, there's something wrong with that circuit. It involves 2 relays - headlight relay & light retainer relay. This is where I would start.
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No I havn't, it works sometimes, but most of the time doesn't I started tracing wires, but then stopped when the connectors I was after were underneath the main fuse box in the engine bay. I'm not that desperate yet.
lol i removed the air bag and i dont even disconnect the battery and i will do it again if is necessary!
Ok this is making me angry, but at the same time makes me love this car. it just fixes itself, my lights haven't worked for like three weeks and today I was on the highway and they all of a sudden came on, didn't even touch the light switch. HA
I am also experiencing this problem. Lows work normally but brights only work when pulling stick towards you. They won't engage when you lock the stick away from you. Not very convenient. Has anybody identified the cause of this problem or identified a fix?
Similar problem - my low beams don't work but my brights do and it happened just all of a sudden. I checked fuses and they're fine...was really hoping it would be something so simple.
Is this something I should just take to a dealer to look at?
I'm a 1
Just an update for the sake of clarity:
Mine is a 96 LX450
Brights work with the switch forward or backward, but lows don't work at all.
I reckon you could have dodgy headlight relays. There's a couple of relays in beside the fuse box for the headlight circuit.
I had similar problems to you guys. Opened up the relays and gave them a clean and they worked for a while. A few months later the problem returned so I installed new relays and they've been fine since.
Pretty cheap from Toyota as well if I remember...
Jamie
I had similar problems to you guys. Opened up the relays and gave them a clean and they worked for a while. A few months later the problem returned so I installed new relays and they've been fine since.
Pretty cheap from Toyota as well if I remember...
Jamie
