For the past 3 months or so my headlights have been acting up. When I start the car and turn the headlights on they are very dim -- almost an orange glowing color. If I lift the hood and fumble with the connection behind the driver's lamp the driver's lamp will go to it's full brightness but the passenger lamp will go out altogether. No matter how much I fumble with the passenger connection after doing this, the passenger light will still not come on. However, if I slam the car's hood after getting the driver's light on, then the passenger light will come back on at it full brightness and both lamps are fully functional. After driving for a while, though, one of the headlights will typically go out (usually the passenger) and I'm left with just the one headlight.
It looks to me like I have a bad connection somewhere. Any ideas on which side or should I be looking at something different altogether. I was hoping to do this repair myself w/o bringing the dealer into the equation. Electrical problems and dealers typically equate to big bucks with me.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
