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[Biglazy01]

1988 Vanagon GL 2.1L

Replaced headlight bulbs as they were very dim. Noticed now that all the headlights are on at the same time. Meanin All 4 lights at one time.... Not sure what this is about. While van was running and I was looking at lights trying to figure out if anything I did could have caused this the van just died..... Will Not start now. Ignition switch is what im thinking......

[Altoona]

Are your high beams on?

[Biglazy01]

when low beams only are on the high beams are on but dim..... when i switch to high beams the highs are on only. when i switch back to low the low beams dont come on and the high beams are dim. have to turn lights off and back on to get low beams back.

[Wildthings]

Sounds like you have a headlight switch that is going bad. I am guessing that could be coupled with a ground problem in the headlight system. You might also have a short to ground somewhere in the headlight system, this would explain the headlights being dim and the engine dying.