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My automatic lights do not always automatically turn on at dark on my 2007 Grand Prix. I can turn them to high beams and I have fog lights, but no low beams. I cannot turn them on manually. I've had the switch replaced under warranty, but it soon did the same thing. Is there a combination of buttons that I may be pushing that would turn off my automatic lights?

Submitted: 46 days and 5 hours ago.
Category: Car
Value: $13
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Year: 2007
Make: Pontiac
Model: Grand Prix

Already Tried:
New light switch. Turning the light switch manually with a quick back and forth. Turning it simply to automatic or each of the other light settings. Turning the car off and on.

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Hello and welcome to Just Answer!

 

There is one simple test you can do to try to determine what is goin on. After that you are gonna have to get into some pretty difficult wire chasing.

 

with the low beam headlights turned on check for power to fuse 3 and 4 in the diagram. these are the right front and left front low beam fuses. If you have power, then your problem is between the fuses and the headlights themselves. If no power, replace the low beam relay (GM calls this the Headlamp Driver Module- its just a relay). It's item 35 in the photo.

 

This relay is different than the other relays so don't try to swap it with anything else to see if it works. This is a high failure rate part and is available from GM. Make sure you call it by it's real name, the headlight driver module.

 

For any other troubleshooting it will be necessary to have a scan tool with body computer communication capabilities.

 

I hope this helps. If so please press ACCEPT for my work. Let me know if you need anything else.

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