Carerra Headlight Troubles - Bright works; Dim doesn't

[bu11itt]

Let me first apologize if the answer to this question is found somewhere else on this board; my computer recently died I am left to surf on my phone and combing through the older posts on it has proven to be difficult.

The problem: 89 Carerra drivers side dim light does not work, passenger side dim works, both brights work.

History: About a year ago the drivers side dim bulb went out. I bought a new bulb and installed it (I can't remember if the dim bulb worked at that time or not but if it did it wasn't for long).

The initial fix: The dim bulb started working one night after a hard acceleration in 1st to about redline. After that it just started working and has worked until last night.

I have already tried the initial fix again (why not) and it did not work.

The question is: what would cause the dim bulb to not work while the bright does on one side?

[kidrock]

bad bulb connection or ground. Make sure both are clean and tight.

[bu11itt]

I have a confession to make; one of which I am not particularly proud. Apparently the vast supply of knowledge and willingness to help that exists on this board has made me lazy. Instead of doing basic troubleshooting of a problem I can say, "I'll just ask the pelican forum, they'll know the answer right off!"

I am ashamed to admit that the headlight issue was solved by simply swapping the passenger and drivers bulbs. Passenger bulb worked on driver side.

Problem solved - drivers side bulb burnt out

Solution - buy new bulb

Installed and everything works great. I will take this a a learning experience to rule out the simple stuff first.