1993 Camry - No Hi-Beam

[Kim Cox]

Hi all I am new to this forum and I hope this is the right area to ask.

I have a 1993 Wide Body Camry Wagon, the problem I have is that the Hi Beam does not work. The blue light comes on on the dash for hi beam on and flash but the headlights go out when it is in either position, the low beam works fine.

I have changed the relay, tried a different combination switch, changed the ECU..... and before anyone asks I did change the globes.

If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it.

[(mr2)]

I had this in my MR2 I had years ago, the contacts in the stalk weren't contacting and were dirty. I pulled the Stalk apart and bent the contacts back into place, wiped them down with an electrical cleaner and it was all good. Might be the same thing with your car?

[trentmeyer23]

If the Hi-beam light is working there is a good chance the stalk is fine since you have changed it with the same issues. You could use a test light to check if there is power at the plug where the globe connects. If there is no power, then there is the possibility of wiring damage.

There is also 2 filaments in the low beam globes, one is on for low beam and the other is for the high beam, they should never both be on at once.

[Kim Cox]

I had this in my MR2 I had years ago, the contacts in the stalk weren't contacting and were dirty. I pulled the Stalk apart and bent the contacts back into place, wiped them down with an electrical cleaner and it was all good. Might be the same thing with your car?

I will try that and see how it goes

[Kim Cox]

I had this in my MR2 I had years ago, the contacts in the stalk weren't contacting and were dirty. I pulled the Stalk apart and bent the contacts back into place, wiped them down with an electrical cleaner and it was all good. Might be the same thing with your car?

I will try that and see how it goes

A huge thanks to all, I pulled the combination switch this morning and cleaned the terminals and straightened them all.

Plugged it all back in and I now have Hi beam and flash. :-D

[(mr2)]

Woo hoo, nice outcome..