R5FORD

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Hi guys,

After a bit of help with a headlight issue..

The passenger side lights work fine..

Drivers side not so good..

When I put the side lights on High beam & side lights comes on..

When I put main beam on it turns out the side light and high beam..

When I flash High Beam it does nothing..

Checked the fuses, wiring and connector at headlight, they all appear ok..

Any ides what it could be?

All advice appreciated..

Thanks Aaron

Graceland

Have you checked the earths - sounds like it is earthing itself out via another bulb and illuminating that one too

R5FORD

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Any idea where the earths are for the headlights on a 3dr mate?

Graceland

Off the back of the headlight loom plug look for the brown wire - check this with a multimeter to a good earth point on the chassis - any resistance other than 0.01 ohm (the normal sort of resistance for old wires that have had a long life and ideally there should be no resistance) and there will be an issue - usually the earth point for the headlights is on the passenger side behind the headlight somewhere on the forward part of the inner wing near the chassis leg

R5FORD

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Thanks mate.. Il go have a looksy

tabetha

As said sounds defo like earth, the connectors also give problems, I rewired it all on me dads 4i, made a world of difference, did it on my sapphy as well, puts the bulb failure warning light on, but can't be arsed to put in resistors, as doesn't bother me.
tabetha

R5FORD

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Hopefully its a quick fix as need it sorted by monday

666

i not an earth prob then your stalks could have a dodgy wire, try another set

Turbosystems

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the bulb warning system control unit burns out
try checking that too

R5FORD

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Where would I locate that Tony?

Il check the stalk tomorrow as well

rich123

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hi i just had exact same problem turned out it was just a bad earth

R5FORD

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I cleaned up one eart thats next to the driver side lights but made no difference.. Il trace back the earth graceland mentioned before tomorrow failing that il try the stalk failing that il try the box that tony mentioned..

Any more suggestions

tabetha

Do the QUICKEST thing first, run a temp earth from the battery to the headlight connector on the bulb itself, then you will know for certain whether it's the earth or not.
tabetha

R5FORD

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lil update today.. Tried another set of headlights and still doing the same thing so its not the headlight..


Cleaned up the earths that I could find and still doing it

Changed the stalk and still same issue..


Got the headlight warning system box out going to switch that over tomorrow and see what happens..

Not sure what else to try..

R5FORD

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none of the above have worked

RS500/364

Not bothered reading the post but check you have the right relays in mine had the same sort of thing and was the wrong relay with the inicator stalk and main beam stalk took me ages to get the right combo

666

only thing left is gona be fusebox

R5FORD

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Iv cross checked with my old mans 500 and its the same..

Fuse box has had contact cleaner and there does not seem to be any corrosion etc

Tried pretty much everything