dipped beam?

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innes
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Post Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:54 am

hi guys, help needed again....
my passenger side dipped beam is not working, However, full beam is and i think crappy weak/side light is working. The computer is telling me there is a fault on the dipped beam.

Is this likely to be just a bulb (are the main, dipped and full beam all different bulbs?)

hope you can understand?
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Post Thu Apr 13, 2006 8:20 am

Have a quick look at the wiring at the back of the light unit, and remove the rear cover too, and check the connectors in the cover and on the back of the bulb, it is more than likely to be a faulty bulb though, dipped and main beam are H1 bulbs.

I'm moving this to the tech section as it is a tech question.
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Post Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:01 am

check fuses 13 and 14. 7.5 amp (brown) they are for your right and left dipped beam. if not that then swap your bulbs over to see if it is the bulb that has blown. high beam and low beam are different circuits and different fuses. (1 and 2 for high beam)

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Post Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:50 pm

innes wrote:hi i think crappy weak/side light is working.?
what do you expect for a parking light? A Xenon strobe?