Blown Headlights (facelift)

Hi my headlights never seem to last more than 10 months I have now replaced them 3 times however now they won't work. The side lights and main beam function normally I have checked fuses 9/10 they are ok !
Anyone and suggestions please .

Have you renewed the wiring ? It is getting old now ...

Dippypud said:

Have you renewed the wiring ? It is getting old now ...

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No it's all original its been well maintained and looked after I have owned it 4 yrs without any issues till now !!! Do you mean a full re wire or just the headlights ?

How old is the vehicle ?

https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rover/headlight-wiring-upgrade.72348/

Headlamps not lasting not more than ten months. Do u mean the bulbs dip beam element keeps failing? If so what make are they and are they the Xenon high luminance type?

Without actually looking it's difficult to diagnose your troubles but it could be that new sockets for the headlights could be required. If you're OK with a voltmeter, try tracing the power from the stalk, the "not working now" fault could be in that area.
It might be a little counter-intuitive, but try not to use cheap bulbs even though you seem to be replacing them a lot, they won't last like good quality replacements will.
Download a copy of RAVE if you don't already have one, the electrical diagrams are pretty comprehensive.

I had a fault (on my other car) on the alternator and it was spiking up to 18v occasionally. Blew 2 headlights while it was faulty which I presumed was down to the over-voltage.
I have a little volt/temp meter that plugs in the cigarette socket, so I could monitor while driving along.

Not much help .. but I have a pair of 300Tdi headlamps for sale .. much cheapness, £20 the pair. £30 if you also want the adjuster motors and switch, + postage.