No High Beams

[Chaz]

Hi,

So bought my car last weekend and drove early Monday morning to my new role location. I can get brights if I pull back on the left stalk but putting it forward does not activate the high beams.

I found some information on another forum indicating that the USA cars are 'programmed' this way. Is this correct? Would this be the issue? What else could I check? Clearly the lights work, they just dont activate when pushing the lever forward to the 'on' position but work when you pull back at the stalk to 'flash' someone.

Thanks in advance.