Originally Posted by
LEEscortXR3i
Hey guys. Just came across this thread as I the headlights on my XR3i failed for some reason and I was stumped. The sidelights work but when I put dipped beam on, nothing....apart from one sidelight working!?
I read the thread which mentioned relays and I suspected these might be the trouble. It turns out it was the rear-most two in my fuse box.....
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It was the two small white relays shown in the picture. I took one of them out but the other one was really tough to remove. I examined the prongs and there is a silver one on each. It was this one that was really corroded and looked to be peeling. I sanded them down with some wet and dry paper, slotted them back in and hey presto - the headlights now worked!!
Hope some of you find this useful.
cheers,
Lee
sorry to revive, been having issues where dipped beam would come on half power with sidelights but swirching to dipped beam nothing but sidelights, found out in my case it was the white relays, i got them working now