Confused about cars...

[fsurocks81]

(dunno)

I bought my 2009 CX-9 GT in October. It had 48k miles on it. Its in great shape and drives incredible.

Here's the issue I have now, My driver's side headlight went out. I'm thinking it's just like any other headlight assembly I've ever messed with, so I went to store and bought new bulbs. Out of habit I change both bulbs so they match. I hook everything up and close the hood and turn the car on, and still no headlight on drivers side. Passenger side works great. I turn on the highs, they BOTH work. I decided to check the fuses to make sure the lows aren't blown. I swapped the right side with the left and still no change. I even swapped bulbs to see. I'd hate to take it to the dealer for something stupid, so I decided to come here and look stupid instead. I've been searching through the forums but haven't found anyone else with this particular issue. All I see are upgrades and adjustments and I'm just trying to get my damn headlights to work properly. LoL (cryhard)

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[avidien]

(dunno)

I bought my 2009 CX-9 GT in October. It had 48k miles on it. Its in great shape and drives incredible.

Here's the issue I have now, My driver's side headlight went out. I'm thinking it's just like any other headlight assembly I've ever messed with, so I went to store and bought new bulbs. Out of habit I change both bulbs so they match. I hook everything up and close the hood and turn the car on, and still no headlight on drivers side. Passenger side works great. I turn on the highs, they BOTH work. I decided to check the fuses to make sure the lows aren't blown. I swapped the right side with the left and still no change. I even swapped bulbs to see. I'd hate to take it to the dealer for something stupid, so I decided to come here and look stupid instead. I've been searching through the forums but haven't found anyone else with this particular issue. All I see are upgrades and adjustments and I'm just trying to get my damn headlights to work properly. LoL (cryhard)

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

If fuse is good, then my first guess would try to clean the bulb connector, make sure there's no corrosion

use a corrosion inhibitor like those small packs of bulb grease.

Second guess would be headlamp relay is not working, see diagram

 

[mxer]

Do you have a voltmeter? The first place to start is to see if you have voltage at the bulb connector. If not work your way back to the relay.