1996 300tdi - headlights now come on with side lights?!!? as of today... any thoughts

defender40wm · May 19, 2013

As of last night my headlights are coming on when i turn my sidelights on and they are dim. When i put the headlights on properly they are fine.

Is it an earth that is to fault or some loose connection? i have unscrewed the bezels and taken the lights out and all is fine.

Must be in the switch or fuse box somewhere?

or could it be the light switch on the dash itself?

OxonLandy · May 19, 2013

mine have always been like that. weird

Allyipod · May 19, 2013

What happens when you turn the ignition off do they go out if so then that is how they are ment to work..

defender40wm · May 19, 2013

its strange, as before only my sidelights came on when i turned my sidelights on, i know it sounds stupid and simple

defender40wm · May 19, 2013

nope when the ignition turns off they stay on?

Litch · May 19, 2013

For that age of vehicle isn't that the dim/dip working as it should?
Strangest thing is that if that is what it is, how come it hasn't been working before (assuming you have owned the vehicle for some time)?

4x4 olive · May 19, 2013

mine have always done that as well 1995 300td1 defender

defender40wm · May 19, 2013

ive had the landy about 3 years, so im not new it to, maybe it has just started working!

defender40wm · May 19, 2013

thanks for the info

cartoonhead · May 20, 2013

1996 300tdi defender here also, headlights come on with side lights and then when you switch off only side lights stay on.

kes86 · May 20, 2013

1995 300 tdi Defender. And my headlights are also on dimly with the ignition on. But sidelights only with ignition off. Dim Dip Relay.

chezvegas · May 20, 2013

cartoonhead said:
1996 300tdi defender here also, headlights come on with side lights and then when you switch off only side lights stay on.

Same for me in 96 110 CSW

saxmanuk · May 20, 2013

Litch said:
For that age of vehicle isn't that the dim/dip working as it should?
Strangest thing is that if that is what it is, how come it hasn't been working before (assuming you have owned the vehicle for some time)?

As above, I had exactly the same thing..it was the switch worn

LeadFarmer · May 20, 2013

Mines a 1996 300tdi and my side lights come on separately to my headlights.

discomania · May 20, 2013

defender40wm said:
As of last night my headlights are coming on when i turn my sidelights on and they are dim. When i put the headlights on properly they are fine.

Is it an earth that is to fault or some loose connection? i have unscrewed the bezels and taken the lights out and all is fine.

Must be in the switch or fuse box somewhere?

or could it be the light switch on the dash itself?

They are meant to do that on that year, so the question is, why did the not work till today!

doodle bug · May 21, 2013

discomania said:
They are meant to do that on that year, so the question is, why did the not work till today!

Maybe the relay suddenly decided to work ?????? We had this problem on both of our 110s PS. If you do a search the answers are there to your problem !!

discomania · May 21, 2013

There is a headlight dim module which takes the sidelight feed, and via a resistor gives the headlight lamps a reduced output. So it could be this has decided to work!

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