Low beams

2008 KIA OPTIMA
160,000 MILES • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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WYATT LAGRONE
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The passenger side low beam is out. I got a new bulb same as the old one, but did not light up. so I volt metered the plug-in and no volts to the high beam and the fuses are good from inside to under the hood. Where else do I need to check?
Sep 19, 2017 at 5:19 PM
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The circuit depends on whether you have automatic head lights and/or daytime running lights. You should be seeing twelve volts on the yellow wire for the low-beam light. The two yellow wires for the two low-beam head lights come from the under-hood junction box, but on different terminals. That is the box the low-beam and the high-beam relays, and their fuses, are in. All versions use terminal 31 for the passenger low beam and terminal 73 for the driver's side low beam.

The splice for the two lights is in that junction box. There has to be a break somewhere starting at that splice, to the socket where you found the twelve volts missing. If you can find those yellow wires at the junction box, check there for twelve volts. If you find it there, inspect those wires for a break.
Sep 19, 2017 at 11:34 PM