Please can somebody help. I have a 2010 Skoda Octavia Facelift elegance. I have one of my DRL bulbs gone. I now find them boring with what is now around. Can I change them for anything else without causing a fault message?

Have you taken the lamp out and checked it yet? I had drl lamp failure coming up for a few days and then it reset by itself. Same happened later with the other side.

When I checked the bulbs I found that vibration had worn away the central lump of solder that is the contact. Replaced the solder and no further problem.

If the bulb has failed, remember to replace with long life bulb rather standard unless you go down the led route.

Not sure if yours is like my 2011 but as for changing to something else i.e. leds then the answer is no unless you go down the relays and resistors route to avoid the bulb out warning light. Easier to pop a new bulb in.

Forget the advice about removing part of the front bumper grill to remove the light fitting as its almost impossible (unless its already been removed a few times previously) and risks snapping off the plastic lugs.

Easiest way is to remove a few of the torx bolts from the bottom of the inner wheel arch lining and get access to remove the light fitting that way.

I had the same problem in both DRL's in past and most times they were finding contact again and dash light was going off...

Not sure if it is also the vibrations, but an auto-electrician had told me that the contact metal pins in the housing need to pull a little out as probably they were losing contact during time and as a result sparks were generated and ending in burned/black solder in the lamp.

 

By installing new lamps the problem will still be there if not fixing the contacts..

16 minutes ago, AkisVH said:

I had the same problem in both DRL's in past and most times they were finding contact again and dash light was going off...

Not sure if it is also the vibrations, but an auto-electrician had told me that the contact metal pins in the housing need to pull a little out as probably they were losing contact during time and as a result sparks were generated and ending in burned/black solder in the lamp.

 

By installing new lamps the problem will still be there if not fixing the contacts..

 

It was not the spring contact in my case but the soft solder on the bulb being ground away until no contact was made, as shown here:-

 

https://www.briskoda.net/forums/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=93788

 

Building up the solder on the bulb solved the problem at no cost.

As a qualified electrical engineer myself I doubt very much that you would get spark erosion at the low current involved in a circuit with almost no inductance.

 

Edited 11 June, 20179 yr by pikpilot