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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: LiftedDisco on June 09, 2009, 14:17:08

Title: Headlights not working (and wiper problems!)
Post by: LiftedDisco on June 09, 2009, 14:17:08

Hi all

Firstly, I am posting this before having had a rootle around myself, so if the solution is stupidly simple, I apologise unreservedly...

All on a '96 300Tdi Disco...

Last night I had perfect headlights... then stopped for an hour, following which my dipped beam lights had gone...  :shock:

Here's the full works:

All tail-lights and dash work OK

'Dim-dip' lights come on when switch turned to first position

Turn switch to 2nd position, off-side 'dim-dip' light goes out, leaving nearside as only illumination!

Main beam or flash - both headlights work OK.

I have seen elsewhere that there is a dip relay somewhere under the dash - is this likely to be the culprit and does anyone know where it is?

Any alternative thoughts / suggestions / solutions?

ALSO - and possibly connected somehow...

The wipers seemed to stay on, irrespective of where the switch was - off, intermittent (but speeding up if I went to the 'fast' setting.

However, having turned the wipers 'off' they would periodically stop and self park - a single use of the swipe (or flicking to intermittent and then off) would set them off on another spell of continuous 'on'

?

 :-k

Title: Re: Headlights not working (and wiper problems!)
Post by: crazymac on June 09, 2009, 15:42:06

Are the lights on the same stalk as the wipers??

Cos it sounds to me more like the stalk rather than a relay (providing they are both on the same stalk)

Title: Re: Headlights not working (and wiper problems!)
Post by: LiftedDisco on June 09, 2009, 17:29:28

No - opposite sides of the steering column...

Having parked up, the wipers appeared to be fine whilst I was fighting with lack of lights!

Thanks - any more thoughts?

Title: Re: Headlights not working (and wiper problems!)
Post by: Dr Neil on June 10, 2009, 20:22:02

One of the first things i would check are the earths to the lights/wipers.Have you been through a lot of water recently?

Check that you are getting 12volts to the bulbs and work from there.

A bit vague, sorry

Neil....

Title: Re: Headlights not working (and wiper problems!)
Post by: LiftedDisco on June 11, 2009, 06:52:38

UPDATE...

I have it on good authority that this will be down to the 'dim-dip' relay... but was told this may be "in the dash or behind the kick plate"

Does anyone know where this little beastie might lurk?

Like I say, Discovery 300, '96

Many thanks

Title: Re: Headlights not working (and wiper problems!)
Post by: Rossko on June 11, 2009, 10:11:13

See -
  http://forum.difflock.com/viewtopic.php?t=41216&highlight=dimdip

The failure described there is the usual one - "can't turn headlights off" - not what you're experiencing.  Worth a look though.  All you have to do is unplug it and then the lights should all work as normal (except the dim-dip feature of course).  If they don't, you have some other problem.

cheers, Ross K

Title: Re: Headlights not working (and wiper problems!)
Post by: Range Rover Blues on June 12, 2009, 23:49:00

I think that there might be a problem in the dim-dip :-k unless you have blown a fuse.