HELP!!
Low lights worked before I went into the store- 30 min later when I started the
car- both normal driving lights failed to turn on. Highlights still work.
A mechanic friend had only enough time to check the fuses- informed me that
there is seperate fuses for each side- and that both fuses were fine.

So... Now what??

Please respond ASAP as I'm blinding everyone when I drive at night!!!

And I'm worried the highlights will suddenly die as well.

Thank you!!!!
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I live in Hawaii- warm weather- hasn't over heated since I got it used- 4 months ago.
however- I had a problem a week earlier starting it after splashing just a little bit of water
on the engine when I was topping off the radi. resvr. Had to let it dry out for about 2 hours. When it did start- a big cloud of white smoke came out of the tail pipe.

I figure if it was somehow a delayed short in the headlight wiring- it would have tripped the fuses right? and effected more than just the low lights...?

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ALSO>>>>
[ul][*]ChkEng light has been on since I bought it- the previous owner covered it with black tape.[*]Occasionally.. when you unlock the doors from the drivers side- one or all the windows go down part way.
[/ul][ul][*]The friend who found the car for me reccomended that I do a heater bypass to prevent the motor from blowing...Is this a known problem for this car? I have the parts.. I just hate to loose the ability to heat the car if I don't have to...[/ul]
thank you
Janna

 

What was the solution? I just ran into teh same thing on my 2001 Jetta TDI: The low-beam lights don't work. The high beams and marker lights work fine, and all the fuses are good. This just started, and the low-beam headlights wer fine until I tried to use them tonight.

Thanks.

 

Your bulbs need to be replaced.

 

You were correct. After pulling out and gutting the 173 relay (to try and bypass the DRL circuit), I still had no lights. In desperation, I finally checked the bulbs and BAM, I felt like an idiot when I saw both low-beam filaments burned through.

At that moment my head actually turned into a donkey head like in the Looney Tunes cartoons. I brayed loudly, fell 300 feet off a cliff, and landed next to a plate of ACME bird-seed. Then I got new bulbs and all is well.

At least I don't have Daytime Running Lights anymore. And all it cost me was a day of f*#&ing around with my car showing off my crappy troubleshooting skills. They had both failed at once, and I assumed the chances of simultaneous bulb-failure were negligible. Stupid me.

Anyway, thanks for the help!

 

It is strange they blew out at the same time. It seems like such a surge of power would blow a fuse.

 

So what's the solution?
I have 2001 Jetta with the same problem
Fuse OK, Relay OK, now what????
please help
Richard

 

So, both beams blow out?
I check relays, fuses, you think may be the switch?