Headlights Not Working

[Lemzki]

its hard driving at night! ive checked the fuse, globes and relay and the headlights still wont turn on. only the parklights stay on.

can anyone out there help me out?

[Messiah]

check the wires and relays in the engine bay with a test light, if the lights are on and fuses are oko but no glow on your test light... problems....

[blind_elk]

Clean the contacts in the master headlight switch. It's a common problem, but usually only manifests itself by one headlight not working.

A <SEARCH> might have discovered this for you.

Oh, BTW - don't drive at night if you don't have headlights!

[Lemzki]

Clean the contacts in the master headlight switch. It's a common problem, but usually only manifests itself by one headlight not working.

A <SEARCH> might have discovered this for you.

Oh, BTW - don't drive at night if you don't have headlights!

its got a mind of its own lol... it works now and then, cant help it if i need to get home

but ill check out the switch this weekend. thanx

[shaund]

The problem is that the full current supplied to the headlights is switched thru your switch on the dash. Over time the contatcts get dirty, heat up, and start melting things inside.

When mine were going faulty, I found the best way to get them working (temporarily) was to roate the switch knob quickly so it 'thumped' into the end stop, 99% of the time, the lights would come on then.

The proper solution for mine was to pull the switch apart, re-tension the springs, clean the terminals, and put relays in under the bonnet that now do the hard work of switching the full current to the lights.

The other benefit of using relays is my lights ended up about 15-20% brigter... fatter cable, less resistance from things like the faulty switch etc all contribute to this no doubt.

Cheers!

-Shaun

[Lemzki]

I found out the problem. the connectors behind the light switch on the dash was melted!

thanks anyway for your help pplz