I bought a 2005 Subaru Outback and the headlights in the on position are very dim.

Asked by GuruX8R5L Nov 09, 2018 at 01:19 PM about the 2005 Subaru Outback 2.5 i Limited Wagon

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Checked all the fuses and they are all good.  Replaced bulbs with high end
ones and no improvement.  Fog lights work and brights work.

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You have a bad ground on the front lights look for broken wires on the radiator support or in that general area

9,730

I don't have a wiring diagram for this car but if the brights are working normally check the underhood fuse/relay box for a low beam relay it could be bad, for somereason there are complete headlight wiring harnesses on the net for $20 I didn't see a recall but they usually don't offer those kind of parts unless there's a problem. Someone else on this site may have a diagram, so wait a bit and see if there's one available here.

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