one dim light

[silvey19k]

i have a dim light on my pass side and when i turn the brights on it goes out i just joined the club and the ranks of a z owner and i want to get it show ready while im over seas if some one could help with it i have the service man but it dosent have anything on this problem

[Da Flash]

I've had that problem before, It ended up being the fusebox one time and a "broken but looked fine" fuse just recently. checkout the fuses first and if they turn out to be OK, then look to see if you have melted plastic around the lights fuses.

Hope this helps!!

[Kathy & Rick]

Most times when a headlight is dim it is because of a bad ground.

~Rick~

[Nomake Wan]

I'm in with the 'check your fuses' crowd. My old 280Z spontaneously developed a weak passenger-side headlight one day. After spending an afternoon disassembling and checking it to find it in perfect shape I decided to flip the fuse about. Voila, fixed. Stupid fuses.

[zbane]

Yes, checking the fuses would be a very bright thing to do.

I had this issue several months ago, and assumed the headlight was on it's way out, as a cursory check of the fuses and fusibles showed no issue.

I went to the store and bought two new headlights (I'm in the 'if one is going, the other is soon to follow' camp) and swapped them out.

Turn on lights, one still dim....

Rechecked the fuses, there's the problem....

[Marty Rogan]

I have had this happen with a fuse just being loose in the holder. Take the fuse out. Then pinch the holder together to get a tighter fit. I would still put in a new fuse for good measure.

Marty

[IdahoKidd]

I'd bet it is a bad ground. I'd bet a lot. Could also be a headlight issue on its own, but I am betting the ground wire is bad/loose.

[H4LIGHTS]

Fuses are notorious for developing cracks and sagging after years of use. The recommendation is to change the fuses every couple of years because of this condition.

My opinion: Replace both headlight fuses on an S30 first and see if the problem is corrected. If not, a common issue is feedback on a blown headlight through the ground side causing one headlight to be dim.

Then after that it's connections, grounds, bad combo switch, bad fuse box.

Trace and repair.

DVOM and testlight, (maybe a short detector) are your friends along with the wiring diagram.

[silvey19k]

yea the fuses look like most of them are oem/factory the car only has 59000 on it and ill have my brother look at it right now im too far from it to do my self but that should save me some money and time thats is really what counts for me is time

[d240zx2]

Had the same issue. It was a combination of a weak ground and a poor fuse connection. Fixed it, and with Dave's upgrade package, they're brighter than ever.

[ronroyboy]

I had the same problem. I unpluged the light cleaned the connections on the pigtail and the light worked fine.

[Zealous]

+1 bad ground was chasing that round myself recently