Headlights stopped working.....Ahhhhhhhh

[yossariansi]

Hi All,

I have a SMART Roadster (05 reg) and have recently had a problem with the headlights :censor:

1st one headlight stopped working, so naturally I thought it was the bulb. I then went to change the bulb and the light came back on. I had just moved the wires to get to the bulb at this point. When I next started the car the headlight was out again and after just tinckering with the bulb/wires it came back on. At this point I realised there was something a bit wrong. Next time I went to the car both lights had stopped working and there was no way to get them back on.

The Full Beam lights are both working fine.

Has anyone had a problem like this or suggest what the problem might be?

Any help would be massively appreciated!

Simon

[krassegrand]

Re: Headlights stopped working.....Ahhhhhhhh

I don't know if there are fuses on the headlights and if so if there are separate fuses for right and left light but if there is a common fuse for the low beam it could have gone.
Jörgen

[RichG]

Re: Headlights stopped working.....Ahhhhhhhh

Fuses are separate for each of the four headlamp bulbs, and if it were a fuse then wiggling wires would not solve it.

If you'd not said that moving the wires resolved it, I would have suggested fuses or the stalk.

It may be that you have a short and the fuses have now blown, but it sounds like a wiring fault to me.

Check fuses 22 and 23 to make sure that they are OK, then trace the wiring and check for damage.

http://www.fq101.co.uk/reference_fuseroadster.asp for reference on fuses

:goodlk:

[krassegrand]

Re: Headlights stopped working.....Ahhhhhhhh

Now I know to!
Yes I would sugest a wiring problem to.

[madDan]

Re: Headlights stopped working.....Ahhhhhhhh

maybe the wiggling live took the fuses out?

[RichG]

Re: Headlights stopped working.....Ahhhhhhhh

Which is why I said I would check the fuses

[yossariansi]

Re: Headlights stopped working.....Ahhhhhhhh

Thanks for all of your suggestions. I will try the fuses and then work back from there.

This may be a stupid question but where is the best/cheapest place to buy new fuses (I am UK based)?

Thanks again

[RichG]

Re: Headlights stopped working.....Ahhhhhhhh

A motor factors such as Camberley Auto Parts, Halfords will charge you a small fortune.

They are mini blade fuses that you require