Wiring... Salvage with a headlight mess.!

[Missy]

2007 gmc Yukon

Front end electrical is a mess. To say the least. Anyhow. I had it in the shop last week for suspension and brakes etc. They told me they could wire my heads to make em work without a brand new harness. Wrong. Passenger side good. With high beams. Just put leds in. But the wire colors on each side are different. Can't get my drivers to work... Signal, side marker fine. But this is the mess im dealing with. I can solder them. Just don't know which is which. Ima beginner female on electric, so bare with me.

 

[Tonyrodz]

2007 gmc Yukon

Front end electrical is a mess. To say the least. Anyhow. I had it in the shop last week for suspension and brakes etc. They told me they could wire my heads to make em work without a brand new harness. Wrong. Passenger side good. With high beams. Just put leds in. But the wire colors on each side are different. Can't get my drivers to work... Signal, side marker fine. But this is the mess im dealing with. I can solder them. Just don't know which is which. Ima beginner female on electric, so bare with me.

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I hope you dudn't pay them for that mess!

 

[Missy]

It wasn't this bad of a mess. But the solders came apart as pictured ‍‍. I fixed the passenger side. Just can't get my driver head to turn on.

 

[Tonyrodz]

It wasn't this bad of a mess. But the solders came apart as pictured ‍‍. I fixed the passenger side. Just can't get my driver head to turn on.

Just for the heck of it--did you see if the bulb is still good? Also might be separate fuses for the L/R headlights--check those?

 

[Missy]

Just for the heck of it--did you see if the bulb is still good? Also might be separate fuses for the L/R headlights--check those?

Bulb is good, first thing of course. Fuses good also.

 

[Tonyrodz]

Bulb is good, first thing of course. Fuses good also.

Hopefully someone else will chime in. Sometimes messing with wiring issues--especially something someone else has messed up, is like opening Pandora's box. I can't believe they had the nerve to give it back to you like that!

 

[Doubeleive]

2007 gmc Yukon

Front end electrical is a mess. To say the least. Anyhow. I had it in the shop last week for suspension and brakes etc. They told me they could wire my heads to make em work without a brand new harness. Wrong. Passenger side good. With high beams. Just put leds in. But the wire colors on each side are different. Can't get my drivers to work... Signal, side marker fine. But this is the mess im dealing with. I can solder them. Just don't know which is which. Ima beginner female on electric, so bare with me.

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really really need a bigger picture to see what you are messing with there but there are 2 separate parts to the yukon headlight
1 is a 3 wire connector for the headlight hi/low/ground (the low beam is also the daytime running light) does not have a dedicated daytime running light.
1 is a 3 wire connector for the turn signal and splits back out from the turn signal socket into 5 wires of which 2 go to the side marker light

really hard to see what you having going on with such a small picture take a bigger closer picture please.

 

[Doubeleive]

this is the connector for the marker/blinker it is the same for left right
it has 3 wires where it connects to the body harness blue/brown/black
those 3 wires enter the big upper yellow bulb socket and then another brown/black exit the socket and go the small marker light socket
so in total blue/brown/black for upper light, brown/black for the small side marker

the headlight (bottom socket) is 3 wires only high/low/ground not sure of the colors I don't have one handy
headlight socket should be very easy to figure out a simple volt meter would make it even easier.
turn on the headlight switch to low-beam check the 3 wires, 1 is ground and 1 will have power
go back turn on the headlights to high beam, go back check other wire it should have power now and the ground is still ground and the low beam wire will be off.

 

[Rocket Man]

Is that solid copper wire in there? Looks like household electrical wires spliced in. That needs to be replaced if it is.

 

[wjburken]

2007 gmc Yukon

Front end electrical is a mess. To say the least. Anyhow. I had it in the shop last week for suspension and brakes etc. They told me they could wire my heads to make em work without a brand new harness. Wrong. Passenger side good. With high beams. Just put leds in. But the wire colors on each side are different. Can't get my drivers to work... Signal, side marker fine. But this is the mess im dealing with. I can solder them. Just don't know which is which. Ima beginner female on electric, so bare with me.

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This might help identify wires. Page C-6 is a good place to start as it gives the pin-outs for your lights.
https://gmupfitter.com/files/media/photo/88/2007_LD_ElectricalUtilitiesSUV.pdf

 

[Missy]

I can solder them together, just can't figure out the hi and Lo ones. I believe it's ground to ground. But this harness is different then the passenger side.

 

[Missy]

Is that solid copper wire in there? Looks like household electrical wires spliced in. That needs to be replaced if it is.

The wiring from the harness?? This photo is from the passenger side. Which works, but on high beams only.

 

[Missy]

really really need a bigger picture to see what you are messing with there but there are 2 separate parts to the yukon headlight
1 is a 3 wire connector for the headlight hi/low/ground (the low beam is also the daytime running light) does not have a dedicated daytime running light.
1 is a 3 wire connector for the turn signal and splits back out from the turn signal socket into 5 wires of which 2 go to the side marker light

really hard to see what you having going on with such a small picture take a bigger closer picture please.

My apologies. Is this any better. This is the driver side, (one that doesn't work) compared to the passenger which I uploaded in a previous comment.

 

[Rocket Man]

The wiring from the harness?? This photo is from the passenger side. Which works, but on high beams only. View attachment 248331

Ok, never mind...I guess it was just the picture quality, it was hard to see.

My apologies. Is this any better. This is the driver side, (one that doesn't work) compared to the passenger which I uploaded in a previous comment.

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But now I see something else that I question- is that wiring in the woven shielding from an aftermarket HID ballast? If it is, you should eliminate any HID parts and wiring from your vehicle and run normal halogen bulbs and stock wiring. You shouldn’t attempt to wire into the output from a HID ballast, it’s high voltage and could be dangerous. If that’s a HID bulb that the woven shield is on, it won’t turn on WITHOUT a ballast. I would also get a set of vehicle-to-headlight harnesses to eliminate some of your confusing. One side plugs into the vehicle and the other splits into the separate bulb sockets. You can get them from a wrecking yard.

 

[Doubeleive]

My apologies. Is this any better. This is the driver side, (one that doesn't work) compared to the passenger which I uploaded in a previous comment.

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i'm not sure what those wires are in your hand but to me it looks like the headlight connector is laying down below but not sure, see my photo

 

[Missy]

I I have leds in currently. Before these I had the stock halogen and still had the same problem

 

[Missy]

i'm not sure what those wires are in your hand but to me it looks like the headlight connector is laying down below but not sure, see my photo

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That isn't it. I believe that's going to the fogs. But that part has no connection to my headlights

 

[Rocket Man]

I I have leds in currently. Before these I had the stock halogen and still had the same problem

Where’s the ballast for the led’s?

 

[Doubeleive]

That isn't it. I believe that's going to the fogs. But that part has no connection to my headlights

pretty sure that is not for the fog lights, can you take a closer picture of that connector I circled

 

[Doubeleive]

The wiring from the harness?? This photo is from the passenger side. Which works, but on high beams only. View attachment 248331

if you only get high beam on that side then it's probably wired up wrong, those wires need to be cut back past the burned spots and replaced anyway and then wrapped up with some loom.