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fram:
Went out to check the Headlights last night just as it was getting dark and found a problem.......
Nearside light is fine, side, dipped and main beam all good. Offside the side light is noticable dimmer, so is the dipped, then when we put on full beam, we only the nearside comes on, when we return to dipped the offside dipped beam stops working as well, all the bulbs are new as well.

Any ideas?
It's a 1992 200tdi, so as far as I know there are no relays to bother about.
Have had a look at the wiring which all seems ok.

Got about 90mins to fix it or will have to cancel MOT :cry:

Richie_EB4:
Bad conection on the bulb plug...........there are fuses under the steering coloum........not sure if there fused each side.

Hope you get her sorted

fram:
Had a look at the fuses, yes there is a fuse for each light, but they are all good. Taken the light out and had a good tug on all the connectors and they are solid. The only thing I did find is the bulb itself is a bit loose in the back of the light, could this cause a problem?

Richie_EB4:
Dont think so.............this is not a permanant fix..........but run a wire from the one that works accross to the other and try that..........you may have a broken wire in the loom somewhere.

Damonski:
Check for a bad earth not allowing enough juice to that "dimmer" side.

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