Left headlights fix...thanks to this forum!

[NJMOPAR]

So coming home from the Super Bowl party last night my left headlights were out, both high & low.
No dash warnings, and it didn't seem logical that both bulbs would burn out at the same time.

Thanks to a 2 year old post by @Thelegendl23 here, I tried his solution and it worked!


Checked the connector pins, all good. Dabbed some dielectric grease and reconnected.
Shook the harness and the lights flickered on/off. Did the jumper on the black/blue striped wire and they stayed on, no matter how hard I shook & tugged the harness.

SO glad I joined here!

 

[Flip-er]

Checked all that, NOTHING
so I guess I am going tomlet drealership figure it out,
UNLESS any other ideas.
Still dont think both would go out at same time.

 

[AZRickD]

Handy advice.

I'll start tearing into mine tomorrow.

 

[RedSRT4Me]

So coming home from the Super Bowl party last night my left headlights were out, both high & low.
No dash warnings, and it didn't seem logical that both bulbs would burn out at the same time.

Thanks to a 2 year old post by @Thelegendl23 here, I tried his solution and it worked!


Checked the connector pins, all good. Dabbed some dielectric grease and reconnected.
Shook the harness and the lights flickered on/off. Did the jumper on the black/blue striped wire and they stayed on, no matter how hard I shook & tugged the harness.

SO glad I joined here!

What exactly is that jumper wire doing? Is this for quad headlight trucks.

 

[NJMOPAR]

Yes, for quads.
Jumper bypasses the ground wire connection inside the plug.

 

[RedSRT4Me]

Yes, for quads.
Jumper bypasses the ground wire connection inside the plug.

So the ground wire is an issue? Good to know

 

[Parhelion Dogs]

Well, wish I had joined here sooner. I have had this issue twice already in my 2012. I took it to the dealership last year and they replaced the wiring harness. Few months later it was out again, would sometimes come back on. I just took it again and picked it up Tuesday, thankfully, they warrantied the last repair and did not charge me. For now, the light is on.

 

[RedSRT4Me]

So coming home from the Super Bowl party last night my left headlights were out, both high & low.
No dash warnings, and it didn't seem logical that both bulbs would burn out at the same time.

Thanks to a 2 year old post by @Thelegendl23 here, I tried his solution and it worked!


Checked the connector pins, all good. Dabbed some dielectric grease and reconnected.
Shook the harness and the lights flickered on/off. Did the jumper on the black/blue striped wire and they stayed on, no matter how hard I shook & tugged the harness.

SO glad I joined here!

New question. Why keep the ground going through the oem connectors? Why not just depin it from each side?

 

[NJMOPAR]

No point. You're bypassing the pins so leaving/removing them has the same results.