duncanrobson
Member
My 96 300 TDi has suddenly lost dip beam. I have read all of the threads I can find on here but none seem to relate so can I ask some more experienced members for advice.
So far I have found there is no power to fuses 10 & 11 no matter which position light switch is in, 30 amp fuse under bonnet is OK, puts out main beam when removed, shows 15.9 volts across it when engine running (seems a lot). Disconnected plug from switch, ran jump wire from main power input (brown), could power up main beam but not dip. Relays below glove box clicking when dip switch activated, swopped out a couple which I think are ok but no change. Disconnected dim/dip resistor, that only put out dim dip. Reconnected dim dip no longer working. I changed the bulb connectors recently (had this problem before, turned out to be them), bulbs are recent and work.
Temporarily connected main wiring to dip filament so that I can drive home from work this week, hope to fettle this at the weekend. I am now at wit's end, concerned about lack of volts at fuses. Where does the supply come from for these? Think this must be the root cause of the problem, according to Haynes (I know) these receive battery potential and pass it to the light switch.
I appreciate that this is perhaps not the correct forum for this request but as a junior member not really aware where I should place it.
Thanks in advance.
So far I have found there is no power to fuses 10 & 11 no matter which position light switch is in, 30 amp fuse under bonnet is OK, puts out main beam when removed, shows 15.9 volts across it when engine running (seems a lot). Disconnected plug from switch, ran jump wire from main power input (brown), could power up main beam but not dip. Relays below glove box clicking when dip switch activated, swopped out a couple which I think are ok but no change. Disconnected dim/dip resistor, that only put out dim dip. Reconnected dim dip no longer working. I changed the bulb connectors recently (had this problem before, turned out to be them), bulbs are recent and work.
Temporarily connected main wiring to dip filament so that I can drive home from work this week, hope to fettle this at the weekend. I am now at wit's end, concerned about lack of volts at fuses. Where does the supply come from for these? Think this must be the root cause of the problem, according to Haynes (I know) these receive battery potential and pass it to the light switch.
I appreciate that this is perhaps not the correct forum for this request but as a junior member not really aware where I should place it.
Thanks in advance.