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Headlight indicator

Posted: 3/26/26 7:20pmMessage 1 of 3
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Vette(s): 1978 Silver Anniversary Edition, L-82 4sp
Minor issue but nagging just the same - I rarely drive my '78 at night, but when the headlights are on low beam, the high beam indicator comes on and vice-versa. Anybody have any suggestions how to correct this?
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Re: Headlight indicator

Posted: 3/26/26 9:19pmMessage 2 of 3
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Other than an issue with the dimmer switch itself, I would suspect the bulbs were plugged in incorrectly....plugs swapped.

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Re: Headlight indicator

Posted: 3/26/26 11:33pmMessage 3 of 3
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Adding on to Joel's reply - check to see which headlight bulbs are lit up when in low beam mode - only the outside bulbs should be on. I don't know all the wiring in the headlight circuitry but guessing there's also a possibility that wires to the headlight dimmer switch are plugged in incorrectly.

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