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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#964219
My wife has a 2008 NB and the headlight stopped working on the drivers side.

No parker, main or high beam.

I had a new headlight put in on the passenger side a few months back as #3 clipped it and broke the lens in a driving lesson.
99% sure all was OK when we got it back

Passenger side works.

Fuses are fine - but you aint going to blow 3 fuses.

Ideas??
Futue te ipsum!!!

pfillery Insano Dub Head

734 posts · joined Dec 2011 ·

#964222
Did they plug the wire back in when they fitted it? Stupid question but could be as simple as that. Otherwise a bad earth would stuff up all 3.

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#964223
They shouldnt have touched the drivers side.
Damage was to passenger side.

trouble is you can gee bugger all there are the washer bottle is in the way
Futue te ipsum!!!

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 ·

#964312
Generally speaking even on modern cars the side lights work from a single fuse and not seperate for each side like main and dip. Hence if all 3 don't work then it'll be an earth issue. Noramlly the earth point won't be far from the headlight.
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Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#964314
I have since been told that the base that the headlight sits into can be troublesome. A reseat may fix the issue or a replace of base is in order.
I have a good auto electrician that will have a look at it for me.
Futue te ipsum!!!

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#964328
Bizarre wrote:My wife has a 2008 NB and the headlight stopped working on the drivers side.

No parker, main or high beam.

I had a new headlight put in on the passenger side a few months back as #3 clipped it and broke the lens in a driving lesson.
99% sure all was OK when we got it back

Passenger side works.

Fuses are fine - but you aint going to blow 3 fuses.

Ideas??
Hi the only usual connection that all 3 lights use , apart from a plug would be the earth...
sounds like it didn't work when You got it back from the headlamp repairs.. I'm not sure on late VWs but all japanese cars have relays and fuses in a box under the bonnet usually near the battery... whether a plug has come loose there.. or a plug has come loose somewhere else.. maybe near the replaced headlamp..?? Heaps of plugs on new cars but they don't just come off by themselves, and are usually hard to pull off.. so unless its an earth issue... and as You said, 3 fuses wouldn't blow... see if You can see wires going from that headlamp to the main wiring loom.. maybe it was unplugged to fix the other headlamp??? and not plugged correctly back in and has come apart enough to not make contact... but could look like its plugged in...
best of luck
LEE
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