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Ford Explorer Lamp Out Warning Q. 1995 Ford Explorer Eddie Bower V-6. The left low beam headlight went out a couple of months ago and the Eddie Bower computer told me; "Check Headlights". So I did. Bulb and #4 15A fuse were good, just no 12V to the left low beam side. High beams are good. Attempting to trace the wiring back through the harness, looking for a break, failed.

So, I ran a jumper from the right side low beam to the left side low beam and, behold, I got lights. Figured the most that could happen was to blow the fuse on the right hand side, 15A, with both low beam's working through the single fuse. Nope, everything worked, just had to reset the computer every time I turned on the lights, because it still thinks the left side is out.

Now both low beam's have gone out, still have high beams on both sides. Fuses are good. I'm thinking that the monitoring module, the one that is telling me to check headlights, is at fault but I have no idea where it is located, although I suspect it is under the dash somewhere.

have a manual, not by Ford, that shows the wiring and the module but it does not indicate where the module is located, size or how to ID it. If all else fails, thinking about hard wiring from the back of the inside fuse panel, pins 4 and 8 direct to the left and right low beam connectors. Comments, please.

Thanks,
Tom
Pasadena, MD

A. Here is what you need to do to check the Lamp Outage Module.

The Lamp Out Warning Module is located in the instrument panel console.