Driver's side low beam headlight not working

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bighor

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Suddenly my driver's side low beam headlight no longer works. The passenger side low beam and both high beams work fine. The fog lights works too. I've been using LEDs for a few years with no problem. I tried swapping the passenger and driver side bulbs, but that didn't change anything. I used a volt meter to test the connectors, and I'm getting 12.8 volts on both sides with low beams on, and the 13.8 volts with high beams. So there is identical power on both sides but somehow the low beam driver's side is not turning on. Ideas?
 

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Could be the ground wire at the connector, a common issue. Shake it to see if the low comes on.
If it does, try cleaning the pins, make sure they're all seated in the connector. When mine went out I ran a jumper wire bypass on the ground wire across the connector and it fixed it.
 
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Doesn't seem so. The ground appears to be good too. Thanks for the idea.
 
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