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Transmisson problem

Tiny
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  • 2002 MITSUBISHI GALANT
  • 2.4L
  • 4 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 157,000 MILES
When I have my headlights on and put the transmission in drive the car wont move forward, but if I have the headlights off the car will move forward.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2016 AT 2:15 PM

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Tiny
KEN L
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Hey redbone,

This is a good one, have you checked all of the fuses?
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Thursday, April 28th, 2016 AT 10:57 AM
Tiny
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No I haven't yet.I will check them
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Thursday, April 28th, 2016 AT 3:39 PM
Tiny
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Checked all fuses they are good
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Monday, May 9th, 2016 AT 9:33 AM
Tiny
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I checked the wiring diagram and they don't seem to feed each other, but please remove the headlight bulbs and retry the transmission operation, I'm thinking the system may have a bad ground which is back feeding into the transmission controller.

I have included a diagram as well
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Tuesday, May 10th, 2016 AT 12:02 PM

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