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> lost low beams, lows down work, highs do
mikelsr
post Aug 29 2005, 08:00 AM
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I went to take the teener for a night drive and found that I don't have the low beams anymore. The high beams work fine. The only thing I did was to pull out the old antenna lead and put a new one in. I am looking for single point of failures since both lights don't work. One is the fuse (hich is good), second is ground (need to find and check that), and third is a relay (can someone point me to the correct relay). Any other thing I should be looking at?

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lapuwali
post Aug 29 2005, 08:31 AM
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There are two fuses (right and left low beams), and two ground points. There's no relay, unless a PO has added one. There may be only one wire leading in to your fuses (the fuses are bussed together in the fusebox). Fuses 3&4, the large yellow wires, counted left to right. Check to see if the yellow wire from the switch is plugged in, and then check to see if you have power with the headlight switch pulled completely out. If you don't, start looking at the switch itself.
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post Aug 29 2005, 10:38 AM
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Actually there is a relay that controls the bright/dim function and if it's not working, either brights or dims are a no show. The relay is on top of the fuse panel with the others (round ones)...it should be rectangular, upper right if I remember correctly, as the fuse panel is hanging vertically. With your lights on, you should be able to hear and feel it click when you work the dimmer switch. Not sure that this is your problem, I'd check Lapuwali's suggestions first, but this caused similar problems on one of my cars. I think it's NLA but I found a VW part that worked.
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post Aug 29 2005, 11:02 AM
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Had that same problem. It is a square relay on top (underneath when panel is still screwed in) of the fuse panel. The relay has a metal cover. Pull the tabs back with a screwdriver and remove the cover. You'll probably find a wire or contact in there that has come loose and just needs to be resoldered. Tack it back on and that should save you the trouble of having to buy (find) another.
Worked for me. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Aug 29 2005, 12:14 PM
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Thanks for all the info. I will check tonight to see what is going on.
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post Sep 5 2005, 12:00 AM
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I have the same problem, but it is the high beams, interested in what you find.
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post Sep 6 2005, 01:28 PM
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Well I found out why my low beams weren't working -- the fuses were missing, gone, nada... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)

I was looking at the wrong end of the fuse panel at first but got the book out and found the correct location.

Put a new set in and they are working fine.

Don't even ask, I have no idea where they went to.

Thanks for your input.
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post Sep 6 2005, 01:58 PM
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QUOTE (mikelsr @ Sep 6 2005, 11:28 AM)
Well I found out why my low beams weren't working -- the fuses were missing, gone, nada... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif)



Don't even ask, I have no idea where they went to.

Thanks for your input.

They're on the floor, where they fell when you kicked the fusebox. See it all the time ............................. The Cap'n
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post Sep 6 2005, 03:32 PM
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Nope. I had the seats out and didn't find them. Maybe they attached themselves to my shoes and went for a walk with me! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)

Thanks
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