How do I toggle high/low beams on a 99 Pontiac Sunfire?

[atherishadow]

I recently bought a used '99 Pontiac Sunfire and when I turn on the headlights, the high-beams (and blue high-beam indicator) are always on, and the manual says to pull the signal lever toward me to toggle them off, but doing so seems to do nothing. Am I missing something or is my high/low switch possibly not working?
To clarify: I am pulling the level as close as I can, until it's hitting the plastic of the steering column. There is no clicking, and basically no resistance at all.

 

[Adam]

When you pull the lever towards you it should click. If you do not hear it click try pulling it closer to you.

 

[Zimgxp]

sounds like its broken. It should only take a couple of inches

 

[djphuze]

The switch is broken and needs to be replaced. There are two common problems that cause this. 1) is a cracked combo lever (turnsignal/highlow beam) that cracks at the hinge point inside the unit (somone may have pulled too hard) and 2) (this being more common) a small rotating plastic part inside the high/low beam switch compartment of the unit that overheats and slowly melts over time. I have changed out several of these units on sunfires for those two reasons.