well yea i havent posted in a while... well i have a 2000 cavalier z24 my left side low beam headlight is not turnin on ....only my high beam lights are workin perfect! so when i turn on my car on or turn the ignition key it does a tink tink tink noise (noise comin fro mthe fuse area i think is tha DRL relay)and my DRL lights flash then the little service wrench comes on and stays on...i have replaced the DRL Relay and it does the same thing... i replaced the headlight switch too and nothin works.. so the only way for me to drive is on high beam and i dont like that casue i blind ppl... i dont want to take it to dealer cause i work at ford and they try to Screw ppl and i kno they will do tha same....

Please i need help!!
thanxz in advanced!
sorry if i missed this post!

i would have to say take agood peek at your wiring i've had to almost rewirethe whole headlight on my pass. side... seems the rain and radiator is corroding the wires easily...take a probe to see if your getting current to the low beam wire... i've had to rip it apart 4 times now...

Its gotta be your bulb. Mine did the same exact thing. I replaced the bulb and presto, good to go. When i looked at the bulb it physically looked fine, no burnt filaments or anything. But when i flipflopped bulbs the other side went on and the side that went on before didnt work. Thats how i diagnosed the bulb being bad. Try that and come back


"Lil Brudder! He's got the heart of a champion!"

heh. Seriously. Have you tried changing the bulb? That flashing of the CEL on startup is the car's way of telling you a bulb is out.

Sounds to me like you've way over-analysed the problem.

The DRL and high beam filament is the same. The headlight filament is seperate.