Headlight Brights

[didankamei]

I recently purchases a 1995 Subaru Impreza. Upon fixing some minor
problems with the car, I ran into one that I have not been able to
resolve. The headlight brights do not work. The headlights themselves
turn on (low beam), but when i click the bright switch the headlights
turn out completely. If I hold the switch with my hand the brights
stay on, but only if i continue to pull on the switch. i switched out
the bulbes and tested my two relays. This seems like a switch problem.
Any help wpuld be greatly appreciated.

 

[johninKY]

A bad contact in the switch. Could be repaired but expect to eventually
replace the entire switch.

 

[MD]

You mentioned "pulling" on it in your post. Not sure if you know this or
not but some cars require you to push the stalk towards the front of the car
to maintain the high beams on, the pulling is just for flashing purposes. I
remember on my Oldsmobile it would be pull for high and then pull again to
turn them off.

 

[johninKY]

When you pull back on a Subaru what happens is both the low and high beams
are on. The problem here is the switch behind the steering wheel. Bad
contacts.