Author Topic: Strange headlight problem (Read 3565 times)

Half8 · « **on:** September 22, 2007, 02:08:43 PM »

Low beams work fine. Turning on the high beam switch results in both hi & lo being lit on the right side, and neither hi nor lo on the left side. Any ideas? Thanks in advance,
Drew Z.

christophbmw · « **Reply #1 on:** September 22, 2007, 03:36:31 PM »

fuse.....i forget which number (11 or 12 not sure).

Half8 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 24, 2007, 06:04:47 AM »

The fuses are good.

Quote from: christophbmw;34224

fuse.....i forget which number (11 or 12 not sure).

christophbmw · « **Reply #3 on:** September 24, 2007, 02:15:48 PM »

there must be a circuit issue for the left side lights. check the relays (although i think our car has the same relay for the left and right side). check wiring from the fuse to lights, check power at the lights.

Febi Guibo · « **Reply #4 on:** September 24, 2007, 02:43:24 PM »

headlight relay?

Blackice · « **Reply #5 on:** October 02, 2007, 08:28:15 PM »

Quote from: Half8;34220

Low beams work fine. Turning on the high beam switch results in both hi & lo being lit on the right side, and neither hi nor lo on the left side. Any ideas? Thanks in advance,
Drew Z.

Did you solve this ? This same thing happened to me.........

I found 2 problems. The fuse for the high beam, was blown. Fuse # 2 for me. But I had the reverse problem, the Left lights worked fine and the right lights would die if I switched to high beams. Which would make it fuse # 1 I think, for you.

The second place to look is the connector at the back of the light switch. Corrosion on one terminal, caused my low beams to work fine but when I turned on the lights, low beams would die and the high beams could be turned on or off by the beam selector switch. Good luck !