Hello There,

First I like to introduce myself.
I'm form Holland (and yes we have the steering wheel at the wrong side) and have just bought a Fiat Punto 1.2 16 V from 2000. We had an old Volvo 850 2.5 Glt 20 valve, so that was quit a change. However, I must say that I love the Punto very much, it's a lovely car to drive with. It has only 1 anoying point. That the indicator light on the dashboard is burning, the on that says that a lightbold is broken.(I have checked all the lights and they are looking fine to me) I must say that I think that it give a poor visibility, and I don't know if that is "normal"with the punto. (the old Volvo gave a lot of light from the headlights so we always saw a lot at night). Is there anybody who knows if this is "normal"???

Best Regards,

If your getting the "bulb Malfunction" light it means 1 of 4 things

1 - A Bulb has blown
2 - A bulb is sucking too much current
3 - A poor earth
4 - Slow reacting Bulb

The Bulb Malfunction light doesn't cover Dipped Beam or Hi Beam
Only the side lights - brake lights - Indicators

If the Front Lights In general Seem very dull - its probably the Headlight Earth on the headlight itself been corroded/oxdised or poor connection

Whip it out - clean the connections up - Refit - Test see if it helps


Normally the Bulb Malfunction light is due to the Rear Brake lights / Indicators activating one another due to a poor earth

Ziggy

im with ziggy
metamorphically speaking
i would try a new earth direct from the headlight inner metal frames to see if your problem is resolved
remember too that old bulbs go off with age so consider some philips night bulbs and keep them in business as they are having a hard time (maybe you have cousin who work for them too?)

it could be a wrong bulb in the headlight as my friend had this a corsa that he bought :yuck: they wer realy dim and wen we went to change the bulbs to xenons we found out that one head light had a 55w normal bulb and a 100w xenon bulb as for the other headlight it had 2 normal 55w bulbs in so afer fitting the headlights with all new 55w xenons its a hell of alot brighter no need to drive with fog lights on now