Headlight Help

jbetzelb · August 9, 2010

My 2003 explorer sport driver side head light quit working. Figured the bulb went out so I replaced it. Still doesn't work. The passenger head light works fine. All the marker lights work fine. No power to the drivers side head light. Are the head lights driven from two different power sources? Wires look good. Nothing seems burnt. Any ideas on where to start looking?

BigRondo · August 9, 2010

Check your owner's manual. If you don't have one, Dead Link Removed. My '02 XLT has a separate fuse for each low beam headlight. The fuses are located in the power distribution box under the hood.

Location of Power Distribution Box, driver's side next to brake fluid reservoir, behind battery, toward windshield:
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The #43 Fuse is a 10A Mini Fuse for the driver's side low beam:
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Hope this helps out!

jbetzelb · August 9, 2010

Thanks. I will take a look tonight. Maybe I will get lucky and it is just a fuse. Thaks also for the link to the manual. The truck din't come with one and I didn't find it searching the site. Must have missed it.

BigRondo · August 9, 2010

Hopefully you will get lucky with it being a fuse!

Keep us updated.

jbetzelb · August 12, 2010

Almost a funny story. Problem is fixed. Prior to the post I had my 17 year old son check all the fuses and make sure none were burned. We didn't have a manual so he pulled them all one at a time and put them back. Fuses were good so I bought a head light. Still didn't work so I posted here. With the manual you posted I checked the correct fuse and the slot was empty. Son put it back in off one slot in a blank. Put the fuse back in the correct slot and put in the new headlight and all works great. Thanks again for the time on this. Saved me some bucks at Ford.

BigRondo · August 13, 2010

jbetzelb said:
Almost a funny story. Problem is fixed. Prior to the post I had my 17 year old son check all the fuses and make sure none were burned. We didn't have a manual so he pulled them all one at a time and put them back. Fuses were good so I bought a head light. Still didn't work so I posted here. With the manual you posted I checked the correct fuse and the slot was empty. Son put it back in off one slot in a blank. Put the fuse back in the correct slot and put in the new headlight and all works great. Thanks again for the time on this. Saved me some bucks at Ford.

Thanks for the update. Glad you got it fixed. :biggthump

Claytondunn210 · April 9, 2012

I was the unfortunate one to go out and buy another HID kit because i thought the ballast was out... yeah it was fuse # 43 haha... ya live and ya learn dont buy a car without the manual! thank you guys for posting this, even though it cost me

BigRondo · April 14, 2012

Claytondunn210 said:
I was the unfortunate one to go out and buy another HID kit because i thought the ballast was out... yeah it was fuse # 43 haha... ya live and ya learn dont buy a car without the manual! thank you guys for posting this, even though it cost me

If you don't have an owner's manual, Dead Link Removed.

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