jamesmeister

well when i got my teg, both high beams and the right side low beam worked, but the left side low beam did not. A few weeks ago, while accelerating enthusistically from a stop sign, the left side low kicked on. I found this interesting. Ever since then, the left side low will kick on after a little run up to about 7 grand and then it will stay on as long as the car is on. I have no idea why the heck it is doing that and my passengers sometimes get irritated with the (necessary) vigorous acceleration so something needs to happen here. My only thought was that i might have some sort of bad voltage regulator and the extra juice from 7000 rpms is enough to kick it on. hmm. thoughts?

94civicEX

Sounds like a bad alternator to me. Notice any whining from the engine?

pomansouth

sounds like some jerry wiring to me, look it over and re-wire it correctly.

Illegal B16

This is wrong. Their is a wiring issue somewhere that has to do with you light specifically. Was any work done to the wiring of the car at all. Fog lights or guages...ect?

Tobra

Bad ground maybe?

csprague

I would first replace the bulb and then if that doesn't work check the wiring. I'm guess its an old bulb though and that's the culprit.

M@rshy

I don't think it would be an old bulb because it does it constantly with the same variables. If it was an old bulb it would just be dim or work randomly, unless you had a bulb like mine where if you flick it, it will work.

WackyRicky

I'd say check your wiring. It's probably bad/improper grounding.

jamesmeister

oh hells yes there is wiring work done to the car. Most of the stuff I have done to it is relative to the removal of old crappy wiring. The car had an A-pillar cluster of 4 gauges AND a 5 inch tach in it that I pulled out, and the car was not even running when I got it due to electrical issues. I would agree that there are probably wiring problems somewhere but I have no idea how to go about fixing them. What should I do to fix it?

VPUPPY

have you swapped the bulb with the one on the passenger side? check the harness see if its loose? if its not, then take a digital multimeter and a wiring diagram and back track the wiring from the headlight checking for neccessary ground and voltages(given in the wiring diagram).