2001 Golf GL
Everything worked fine yesterday moring, I KNOW the DRLs were on. Then on the drive home at night I noticed...
I have no low beams at all; activate highs and just those bulbs come on, lows stay off (expected I guess). DRLs are now always off. Raise and lower handbrake and you can hear relay click under dash in unison with BRAKE warning light on dash but DRLs don't turn off and come back on when released like they used to. HL Switch does activate all dash and switch backlight illuminations.
Checked all fuses at drivers side of dash, and on top of battery. Pulled relay 173 and inspected, looks good. Verifyed that it is the 173 that is clicking when hand brake lever raised, so relay is working, can't vouch for its all pins working.
Pulled HL switch; 12v at pin 1 with key "on", switch opens/closes pin 4 to low beams. jumped 1 to 4 at harness, still no lo beams. Pulled bulbs - filiments look intact. It would be odd if both failed together (and they look intact!)
Car is clean, garaged, no corrosion, low miles; but 16 years old.
I'm stumped.
2001 Golf A4 TDI GL with no fog lamps, headlight switch has just 2 legends, off (at 11 oclock) and on (at 12 oclock). Found part "REPV108906", $20 at Amazon. Relay 173 costs about $10. But throwing parts at the problem is a "dealer solution". And I think I have validated the parts.
Any more sugestions?
Thanks All...
-=PSH=-
Everything worked fine yesterday moring, I KNOW the DRLs were on. Then on the drive home at night I noticed...
I have no low beams at all; activate highs and just those bulbs come on, lows stay off (expected I guess). DRLs are now always off. Raise and lower handbrake and you can hear relay click under dash in unison with BRAKE warning light on dash but DRLs don't turn off and come back on when released like they used to. HL Switch does activate all dash and switch backlight illuminations.
Checked all fuses at drivers side of dash, and on top of battery. Pulled relay 173 and inspected, looks good. Verifyed that it is the 173 that is clicking when hand brake lever raised, so relay is working, can't vouch for its all pins working.
Pulled HL switch; 12v at pin 1 with key "on", switch opens/closes pin 4 to low beams. jumped 1 to 4 at harness, still no lo beams. Pulled bulbs - filiments look intact. It would be odd if both failed together (and they look intact!)
Car is clean, garaged, no corrosion, low miles; but 16 years old.
I'm stumped.
2001 Golf A4 TDI GL with no fog lamps, headlight switch has just 2 legends, off (at 11 oclock) and on (at 12 oclock). Found part "REPV108906", $20 at Amazon. Relay 173 costs about $10. But throwing parts at the problem is a "dealer solution". And I think I have validated the parts.
Any more sugestions?
Thanks All...
-=PSH=-
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