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- nebc100
- Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
- Location: Altlinster
- Posts: 431
Headlight stopped working
Hello All,
About 3 weeks ago I had one headlight (right hand side) start flickering and then stopped working.
Initially I thought that it was the headlight itself, so I ordered some replacement ballasts for it (I have the LED headlights).
These arrived and today I took the headlight out and replaced the ballasts. Sadly it made no difference.
So… I took the other headlight out and switched them round. The right hand headlight works fine in the left hand side of the car and the left hand headlight (now connected to the right side) doesn’t work.
So…. The issue isn’t the actual headlight.
I have tried checking the earth point just behind the headlight and it seems fine.
I cannot find any fuses for the headlights.
Can anyone help me find out what the issue is?
Thanks in advance.
Nick
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- Darras
- Member Since: 16 May 2020
- Location: Inverness
- Posts: 843
Same.
The garage replaced the headlamp, but the fault persisted. Eventually they discovered it was a rusty earth strap under the offside wing.
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- nebc100
- Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
- Location: Altlinster
- Posts: 431
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Thanks Darras… do you by any chance have a photo of where that stray is located so that I can check it?
I followed the wiring from the light socket and one cable does go to the one of the 3 earthing points in the front wing. Is this what you mean?
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- Darras
- Member Since: 16 May 2020
- Location: Inverness
- Posts: 843
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No I don’t have a photo unfortunately, the garage repaired it, but I think you’re on the right track.
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- nebc100
- Member Since: 08 Mar 2019
- Location: Altlinster
- Posts: 431
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Ok… just out of interest… they they charge you for the headlight that wasn’t needed?
I am taking my D5 to an indie next week because I have checked the earth points and they seem good.
I don’t want to start messing with the electrics so that is when I take it to an expert.
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- Darras
- Member Since: 16 May 2020
- Location: Inverness
- Posts: 843
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No, it was all carried out under warranty including the unnecessary replacement of a perfectly good headlamp at roughly £2k.
Thing is they put the headlight in and declared it was fixed. It was a couple of weeks later I had to take it back in again when the problem still persisted and the corroded earthing point was then found.
I didn’t ask them about the headlamp. Thought it best to stay quiet rather than probe, there again it wasn’t my fault.
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