Headlights not working

Hi

I went to use the car last night and the headlights wont come on! The dashboard has the usual green symbol to indicate the headlights are turned on. Full beam works, however there is a clicking sound when I turn full beam on an off. Side lights are also working.

I had a look for a fuse and the only one I can find is a 15 amp one in the passenger fuse box its number 9 in the panel and I think its for the full beam and it was fine.

Any help is much appreciated.

Alan

Alan I'd start looking for a popped relay chap, the clicking sound is a dead giveaway for a faulty relay. If you have the owners manual, check it out for the location of the relays, get a mate to pop a finger on the relay(s) as you power the lights up and you should be able to narrow the search to the dodgy one pretty quick.
I'm not a LR specialist at all, but do general repair work on electrics and EFI systems, so that'd be my best bet for you.
Hope that helps matey
Dave

Hi Dave

Thank you for getting in touch. I will pop out and do as you suggest.

Thank again

Alan

The clicking sound could be the relay for the main beam on/off

Have you checked the bulbs are both good?

Check the power and grounds at the headlights are both good and then trace back from there

Hi

I found the clicking noise! It doesn't look like a relay well not one I recognise! The noise is coming from below the passenger fuse panel. I can email anyone a small video of the part and noise, I can't upload it here!

Thanks for any help

Alan

Alan Hendry said:

Hi

I found the clicking noise! It doesn't look like a relay well not one I recognise! The noise is coming from below the passenger fuse panel. I can email anyone a small video of the part and noise, I can't upload it here!

Thanks for any help

Alan

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As td4van has said, 'Have you checked the bulbs are both good?' ...

if it is not the bulbs, then it could be the contacts on the switch ...

Hi

Thanks for the advice. The bulbs look ok. I will have a look tomorrow to see if the power and grounds are ok. When you say 'then it could be the contacts on the switch ...' do you mean the light switch in side the car for turning on the lights?

Cheers

Alan

If the headlamps are powered in the same way as those on the D3 then there isn't a relay for the headlamps. They are earthed near to the headlamp on a grounding post. The live feed comes from the CJB via a fuse. The CJB uses solid state switching to feed battery voltage to the lamps. Do you have auto headlamps fitted?

Hi

No there not auto headlamps.

Alan

My daughter had no headlights a few months ago and it was the bulbs. Probably was driving around with one bulb for a while and didn't notice.
PS They looked fine but didn't work.

Hi Alibro

Did she have the clicking noise when turning the lights on and off?

Cheers

Alan

Hi mate, Are your lights HID's? I had the same fault on mine and it turned out to be the Ballasts. These are accessed by removing the headlight and turning it over, very easy to replace, bit on the pricey side!

Alan Hendry said:

Hi Alibro

Did she have the clicking noise when turning the lights on and off?

Cheers

Alan

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Don't think so but it was a Fiesta so not comparable. The issue was though.

Hi Bandit6sic6

Hi there not HID's. I will check the bulbs and earthing points again.

Thanks for all the help.

Alan