Hello Briskodians!

 

Picked up my new 2005 Skoda Fabia yesterday and drove home to realise i don't believe my low beam is working? Turning the switch to the low beam makes the low beam light come on in the dash and all other lights work fine so i dont believe its the switch, have checked the fuses visually and they seem okay. I have also tried the main beam-low beam lever 'stalk' trick of pulling it slightly forward to see if that made a difference but not joy. Obviously first port of call is the bulb which i shall replace at lunch but if that fails any other ideas?

Thanks

Is main beam ok? If so, then it shouldn't be the earth points, but may be the headlight wires at the dip connectors.

Don't discount both bulbs being blown!

Main beam works fine, all lights work fine except the low beam, will change the bulbs and seem if that helps

Put it to bed, the bulbs had blown! thanks for the help though chaps!

In my experience, if one goes, the other tends to follow quickly.

It still seems that electrical fault finding is something of a black art to some folks, as this case demonstrates. No dip beam- but we have mains. So there's a loss of volts from dip switch to lamps. Easiest place to check- lamp holder.is it getting 12 V-YES- Lamps dud. No- wiring problem - possibly fuse.

In my experience, if one goes, the other tends to follow quickly.

15...17'000km left / 23...25'000km right > H7 standard Osram, Bosch etc. bulbs- that's how long they lasts on my Fabia during last 9 years.