Went out in the Van tonight and found both headlights had failed...Side lights work fine and the main beam flasher works. But dipped headlights zilch and main beam will only flash,not stay on. Can't find my haynes manual at the moment any suggestions.Ta
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Re: Headlight Failure
earth crown fault or switch fault, usually the former, high beam led becomes path of least resistance, contact cleaner on the earth crowns usually works as temp. fix; water ingress from windscreen seal usual cause of corrosion to crowns
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Ta Aidan
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Re: Headlight Failure
Spent a couple of hours cleaning up both earth crowns(both rusty) and cleaning the earth contacts..alas didn't fix the problem . So I've ordered a new switch of Brickwerks.Hopefully that should fix the problem.
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Re: Headlight Failure
I've got some similar symptoms and I think in my case it may be a sticky relay - I'm going to change the relevant one and see where that gets me...
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