JacksonS

Finally managed to get the time to change the switch - ordered from PelikanParts - which took about 30-40 minutes total. Problem FIXED! :rolleyes:

I don't have Litronics but I'm going to order a headlight switch from Pelikan and see if that helps. Hopefully it does - I'll let you all know. The crazy thing is I think I've been driving this car for 2 years this way and having the fogs on has covered up the problem. Crazy.

First post - hopefully someone has run across this before. TIA for any advice. 2001 Boxster S, 48K miles. Here are the symptoms: - Very dim low beams lights when driving and headlights switched on. In fact, I don't see a difference in light intensity if they are switched on or not! Just very dim - always. - The high beam flash works fine and the high beam indicator comes on when I have the lever pulled in - If I push the lever towards the dash - which I thought should put the high beams on continuously nothing happens. No high beams, no high beam light indicator. I've pulled the headlight assemblies on both sides and swapped high beam for low beam lights and I have the same problem - so it is not burnt out low beam lights. Highs work fine, lows seem to have no output - very dim. Seems like I need to replace the headlight switch but the fact that I can't get the high beams to work continuously via the turn signal stock has me wondering if the problem is somewhere else. Fog lights work fine - both front and rear. Both side parking lights on the headlight switch also function normally. Dashboard illumination with headlight switch on also works normally. Frankly, I have always thought the low beams were "dim" so I wonder if this has been an issue right from day one when I bought the car (used) from a dealer (during daylight). I actually put an "O" ring behind the headlight switch to cause the fog lights to be "always on" when the ignition was on just to give me some more light at night. Any ideas or other reasonable diagnostics worth trying? Thanks! Jackson

I've been super happy with the guys over at Chris' German Auto Service in Bellevue. http://www.chrisgerman.com/ They've saved me money and treated me like a friend versus a credit card walking in the door. My experience at the dealer was not quite the same... ;)