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Old Jun 9, 2020 | 09:27 PM
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Was out for a ride the other day and hit a rough patch of road.
After a breif stop and on the ride home it was dark. Hit the brights and no change. (JW Speaker 8690A)
Dash light went blue but no Highbeam.
After checking voltages with a multi meter to confirm, Turns out the H4 connector vibrated out a "C" hair, enough to lose connection for the Highbeam.
Don't understand why I didn't lose lowbeam when I hit the brights though.
Put a ziptie around the H4 to avoid this happening in the future.
 
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Old Jun 10, 2020 | 12:48 AM
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There are usually locks on the sides of the H4 connector, are they in tact?
 
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No locks on mine, they just plug into each other.
Unless you're refering to the spade terminals themselves,
those are fine. I'm talking about the acctual H4 plugs.
 

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You usually have to squeeze the sides to get them to release. Could be just a newer iteration of the plug.
 
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