Superb 2008 Low beam

[Sorin94]

Hi all I recently purchased my first Skoda, which is a Superb. I’m very happy with the car, just that when I bought the car the low beam on the passenger side was not working. The owner offered me a brand new Bosch bulb for replacement. I replaced the bulb & nothing happend then I tough it could be the Ballast, so I purchased a brand new one & nothing again. 
 

Does anybody have any idea on this ? Could it be wiring or the actual headlight need’s replacement. PS (Everything else works fine on the headlight)

[Tdi1.9]

You've checked the fuses?  On the standard (non HID) headlight superbs there are 4 fuses, LH main and dip and RH main and dip.

 

Check for 12v at the ballast input.  Be very careful as the ballast output is a very much higher voltage, google says it's "typically 25,000v" to strike the arc, then settles down to around 100v to maintain the arc.

 

Try swapping bulb/ballast left and right to try to locate the fault.

[Sorin94]

Hi 

 

The headlights are HID, I checked all the fuses & they are fine. I also swapped ballast & bulbs between them & still nothing. I checked relay & it’s fine. I’m a bit confused on what to do next.

[Tdi1.9]

If you've checked the passenger ballast and bulb in the other headlight and proved they are OK, and you've also checked for a 12v dipped beam supply and earth for the dodgy headlight then I'm a bit stumped.

 

Try looking and asking in the B5.5 on www.ukpassats.co.uk and see if someone there has any other suggestions.  It's a bit more lively than this section of Briskoda.