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The high beam switch is activated by the turn signal lever on the left side of the steering wheel column. There are basically three settings - On, Off, and Flash. On is when the lever is pushed away from you, Off is with the lever in its normal position, and Flash is with the lever pulled towards you.
To "flash" the high beams, pull the turn signal lever towards you. The high beams will come on for as long as you pull the lever towards you. Releasing the lever will return it to its normal position and the high beams will go off. This will work regardless of whether you have the headlights turned on or off. Among other things, flashing is good for giving someone right of way, for letting someone enter a highway, or to let another driver know that they are blinding you with their high beams!
Pushing the turn signal lever away from you will cause the high beams to come on (only if the headlights are turned on at the time) and stay on until you pull the lever towards you again. When you push the lever away from you it will stay in that position until you pull it back to the middle position again. This setting is good for driving on unlit streets.
When the high beam switch is activated (On or Flash) you should see a blue light on the dashboard that looks like a little headlamp.
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