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Karlchadw

Member Since: 18 Oct 2022
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 8

Headlights not working

Hi All
I have a td5 90 2005, So come to use the car and the dipped beam doesn't work, only sidelights and full beam. Replaced the stalk and that has not cured the problem. Swapped the yellow relay around in the fuse box behind the gear stick and that hasn't worked. Anything else I should be looking at???
Thanks

19th Oct 2023 2:58pm

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

How odd. Check connections behind the headlight. Check voltage when dipped beam is on, is it the bulb/lamp or the wiring? It shouldn't be both the dipped beam fuses, but check them too.

I suspect it is an earthing problem though, so go around and check all the vehicle earths are in good order.

19th Oct 2023 3:14pm

Inguz

Member Since: 06 Sep 2020
Location: In the wild
Posts: 96

Have you tried changing the bulbs? I had a similar issue recently and it turns out that both bulbs need to be working or none will work. Mind you the bulbs looked fine, but I just chanced putting in two new ones, and viola

24th Oct 2023 12:25pm

LandRoverAnorak

Member Since: 17 Jul 2011
Location: Surrey
Posts: 11240

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 USW Orkney Grey

Re: Headlights not working

Karlchadw wrote:
Hi All
I have a td5 90 2005, So come to use the car and the dipped beam doesn't work, only sidelights and full beam. Replaced the stalk and that has not cured the problem. Swapped the yellow relay around in the fuse box behind the gear stick and that hasn't worked. Anything else I should be looking at???
Thanks

When you say 'replaced the stalk', do you mean indicator one? If so, take a look at the 'switch' stalk, which can also fail. Darren

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24th Oct 2023 12:44pm

geobloke

Member Since: 06 Nov 2012
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 4410

It must be catching... https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic53859-765.html

24th Oct 2023 3:58pm

DICKO1995

Member Since: 02 Feb 2024
Location: High Peak
Posts: 10

Wipac headlights no main beam

Hi,

First post on here. Go easy.

I’m having a nightmare with fitting Wipac led headlights, should be plug and play but not that simple (for me anyway)

So my problem is that I have power to the headlights but only seem to have a low beam. With one push forward on the stalk the low beam comes on, when pressing the stalk forward again nothing changes, as if the main driving beam is not working. The full beam/flash is working and so are the DRL’s which are wired to the led sidelights.

I’ll attach a photo of the Wipac fitting instructions.

The main beam does work when the brown wire (main beam) and the green wire (dipped) are touching each other with the earth plugged into the connector. So i know that the main beam does actually work but once the wires are put into the connector and connected to the car I only have a small beam of light for both clicks of the stalk.

Any help on this would be great. Could be me being stupid Laughing

Cheers

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2nd Feb 2024 11:13am

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