failed mot on no highbeam

[mr lobitos 0]

just failed test on no high beam

lights are working fine but as soon as you switch on highbeam, lights go down to sidelights

tried new bulbs , no joy

had a quick search on here but no defo answers

noticed two relays with 52 on them down by the battery ,are these to do with an uprated lighting loom

any ideas ,thanks for looking

[Jon_vr6 1]

Yeah id say its to do with your uprated headlight loom maybe a stuck relay. Put the origonal plugs back in if your in a hurry to get it through the mot

 

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[ozowen 2]

Yeah id say its to do with your uprated headlight loom maybe a stuck relay. Put the origonal plugs back in if your in a hurry to get it through the mot

 

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Exactly what happened with mine. I drove home took the wiring loom off and it sailed through.

[Critical_Mass 10]

And me...

 

water ingress. Simple fix. Just a ball ache on it failing on something like that.

[mr lobitos 0]

are the relay 52 a vw part? any idea where i can get them? many thanks.

[Benjevw 10]

Mine does that! And now I know why :)

[Critical_Mass 10]

Relays for uprated wiring loom can be got from maplins.

[mr lobitos 0]

excuse my ignorance but what do i need to do, replace the relays or go back to the old loom , will that still be in place :scratch:

[Jon_vr6 1]

Do either depending on your time frame, and yeah the original loom should still be there the uprated loom plugs into it

[Wild-Animal 0]

The uprated headlight looms, ahhhhhhh the problems, the thing is there arent any relays in the engine bay and thats for a reason, if you open a relay up and how small the contacts are, so any moisture that gets into them and ruins the relay.

 

They should be in a sealed container, or in the cabin of the car.