Lude Generation

Hi all,

Had the drivers side headlight bulb blow this week. Took the bulb out, bulb is fine and not blown, put the bulb in the connector and it works fine again.
I figure it was just a loose connection but no, when I reinstall the light properly it doesn't work again. Then noticed that now the passenger side bulb will only go to daylight running and not fully on when you turn the switch on the stalk all the way. So now I only have the passenger side light. Full beams work fine.

Inspected both headlight fuses under the bonnet (both fine) and tried the headlight relay in another Lude - headlights work fine.

Any ideas before I start ripping apart the car looking for issues?

Cheers

Connectors have dried out. Can get replacements on eBay if your handy with a soldering iron.

newkid wrote:Connectors have dried out. Can get replacements on eBay if your handy with a soldering iron.

I take it you mean the ones that go into the lights themselves? I'll have a look, thanks

Decided to swap the bulb to be sure and it has just stopped working for some reason as the new bulb works fine. Dug the others out and the car has damaged one and blown four bulbs in the space of a week - both full beams, both headlights and a side light. Possible but I'm definitely thinking something else is up there.

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-x-H4-3-Pin-H ... Ciid%253A1

These. Had same problem on my 4th. Wiggle the old connector and light should come on. Even giving the light a wee thump sometimes does the trick.

yeah headlight dried out/corroded headlight connectors can cause quite a few problems but only a few quid to replace with new ones....
but you say there might be another issue - only similar issue ive had with ludes is recently i forgot to plug the fog light switch back in after working on the centre armrest console - this effected the headlights etc so maybe check all switches in the cabin are properly connected - maybe just unplug them and plug them back in. As soon as i connected the fog light switch all lights worked as they should.
hoepfully that will do the trick