On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:58:03 GMT, "Rick Brandt"
> was heard to say:
>
>>Raym>>> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 23:18:21 GMT, "Rick Brandt"
>>> was heard to say:
>>> > You're incorrect. High beams never mean all four lights on. At
>>> > least not on any car I've ever seen. (maybe really old ones?) >>> >
>>>
>>> Well, of the cars with a four headlamp system I HAVE owned, (counting
>>> on my fingers) a 1963 Buick LeSabre, 1971 Fury III, 1974 Fury, 1985
>>> Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham, 1988 Lincoln Towncar, 1969 Dodge
>>> SuperBee, and TWO 1984 Pontiac Sunbirds, I seem to remember that with
>>> the highbeams on, the lowbeams would also be lit. I know it for a
>>> fact, because I have always done my own maintenance, including
>>> headlight alignment. Guess it IS possible that all of those cars had
>>> a wiring fault....
>>
>>My bad. I couldn't remember any instances of that, but of the two cars in >>my
>>garage currently (94 Dodge Stealth and 02 RX300) the Stealth highbeams do >>NOT
>>leave the low beams on, but the Lexus does. On the Stealth I can pull >>back on
>>the turn signal stalk to "flash" the headlights and that illuminates all >>four
>>lamps at once, but only as long as you hold the stalk back.
>>
>>So to the OP...apparently it depends on the model.
>>
>
> Not a problem. Anyway, the question remains (but is somewhat answered
> by Rick as being possible) is this setup normal for a 1998 Monte Z34? >
I'll crosspost this thread to the GM Newsgroup. Someone there should know.