Cannot switch to high beams

[bnam]

During my drive to work 6am today, I discovered that I no longer can switch to high beam.

Low beam works fine. I can flash the high beams so headlamps/relay/fuse are fine, but when I push the turn signal stalk forward (away from steering wheel) to the high beam position, it does click into position, but the lights stay on low beam.

I'm thinking this is a problem with the switch itself.

Or is it something else?

Common?

Byas

[Psymon]

Sounds like the switch may be broken.

[adawil2002]

Replace the fuse, they can look good and be bad.

[bnam]

I will check the fuses to be sure. But, my thought is if it was the fuse, I should get no lights when I switch to the high beam position. Instead, what happens is that it stays on the low beams. Could that be a fuse issue?

B

[Mike Self]

not the fuse or relay, or the high beam flash wouldn't work.

Not difficult to remove, and it just may be dirty rather than broken.

Remove from steering column, and look for broken parts. If it looks intact, use a spray tuner cleaner (get at an electronics supply place, perhaps Radio Shack), and give it a good squirt. That just may fix it.

If not, look for a used one in the parts for sale section (they don't go bad often). Roundies all use the same switch (hi/lo/flash only), just different knobs (they unscrew). Squarelights all use the same switch (hi/lo/flash/turn signals), so make sure you get the correct one.

cheers

mike