Could someone please help me coz i'm getting a bit fed up of there being something wrong with this car every week
My headlights aren't working but my full beams are, so its not the bulbs, even bought new ones to check, and my fuses at the side of the steering column have been checked and its not them, has anyone any ideas wot to do nxt or what it is, i have to drive my car at night times coz of my job and i'm fed up

Lainey83

Gap in the circuit?

erm right ok, know nothin at all bout cars so i'll av to call a friend, but thanx

lainey83 said:

erm right ok, know nothin at all bout cars so i'll av to call a friend, but thanx

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Neither do I really. But I would imaine that if the fuses and bulbs are definitely fine, then there might be aproblem in the circuit.

Maybe get someone to check if there is a current getting to the lights?

Hi,

What punto do you have? Mk1, Mk2??? depending on which, each dipped beam headlight may has its own seperate fuse aswell as a main fuse, so which one/s have you checked?

Its quite possible its a stalk problem if not a fuse problem.

Alan

haha, u know a hell of a lot more than me!! just another question then wot would it mean if there is no power getting to my lights would i have to get all the wiring sorted??? Getting really fed up (putting it politely) of spending money getting this car fixed!!!:bang:

oh flip i dunno its a 2000 w basic model does that help?

do they come on with a bit of tap to the headlight/wiggle to the wiring sockets and do sidelights work at all?

the sidelights work, not tried wiggling or tapping the wiring but they've been messed with today and thats made no difference, just the fuses at the side of the steering column have been checked with one of those things that lights up when thay are live and all of those fuses are working, the full beams work and all the other lights just not the headlights

lainey83 said:

Could someone please help me coz i'm getting a bit fed up of there being something wrong with this car every week
My headlights aren't working but my full beams are, so its not the bulbs, even bought new ones to check, and my fuses at the side of the steering column have been checked and its not them, has anyone any ideas wot to do nxt or what it is, i have to drive my car at night times coz of my job and i'm fed up

Lainey83

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Think the full beam comes off a different bulb to the dipped headlight on the MK2 (which yours will be if its a 2000)

Did you change the right bulbs?

well i didn't actually know how to get to the bulbs in the first place so got a friend i know to do it, he thought they were the same bulbs as the full beams, are they not???

oh and there is only one big bulb and then the sidelight bulb underneath that one

lainey83 said:

oh and there is only one big bulb and then the sidelight bulb underneath that one

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From left to right...

Main beam + Sidelight
Indicator
Dipped beam headlight
Fog light/Chrome Blanking plate (depending on weather you have fogs or not)

Guess try changing the bulb again or take it to a garage to be looked at, weird how they would both go at the same time so might not solve it.

lainey83 said:

oh and there is only one big bulb and then the sidelight bulb underneath that one

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hi your mate might have forgot to put the wire back on the bulb