Full beam won't stay on

[jimhoughton 0]

Hi guys - any ideas on this - my full beam (for no apparent reason) won't stay on. It works fine pulling the stalk back normally to flash but never clicks into position. Any thoughts?

[davidwort 0]

I'd start with the relay that does the lights, sounds like it's not triggering

[jimhoughton 0]

Is that in the main relay box? (I.e. under the steering wheel)

[timg60 0]

Had the same problem on mine. Turned out it was a little piece of plastic broken in the switch on the indicator stalk. One 2nd hand stalk later all ok. Not to hard to change either.

[jimhoughton 0]

Does anyone know any more on this issue? Any tell-tale signs of the stalk being broken or should I just go for it and replace it? What relay might it be on if it were the relay that had gone?

 

Thanks for all your help,

 

Jim

[Toad 0]

Without being rude... You are flicking the headlight switch on to the right position? I.E the second position.

 

If you have an uprated loom, then it might be putting dipped beam on instead of sidelights and confusing the issue.

[jimhoughton 0]

Yep - it used to work fine. But the car was flooded about six months ago and various things have been going wrong electrically ever since! That's why I wonder if it's a relay - but am not sure which one to try.

[Toad 0]

Might be worth trying another headlight switch too. They do fail with time.

[Supercharged 2]

Yep - worth changing the switch anyway tbh

 

This would also happen if you had an uprated loom installed and did not unplug the dim-dip resistor.

[boost monkey 0]

omg, I actually thought you meant rear beam for a second then. :nuts: :cuckoo: :help:

[David Winter 0]

This happened to mine. It was simply a fuse. it will tell you which one in the instruction manual. Check this first.

[eddier_22664 0]

mines doing the same thing which fuse is it under the dash i have already replaced the stalk

[davidwort 0]

on the back of the fuse box cover is list of the fuses moulded into the plastic