Just been told one of my headlights is stuck on and wont go out?

could this be teh relays?

good luck with this one mate, i had this the other week, my headlights have been playing up since, still dont know what the problem is!!!!

Could well be a faulty relay. IIRC the headlights are switched by their earth connection so I would look in that direction first.

photos of engine bay fuse box:

 

 

 

when you turn on the lights rotary control inside your car it sends a 12v feed to the 2 relays marked H/LAMP LH and H/LAMP RH. when energised these relays provide 12v to both the dipped headlights and the full beam headlights

 

when you push the lever for full beam forward this sends 12v to the changeover relay marked H/LAMP DIM. this relay choses which of the headlights (dipped or full beam) is connected to ground. the changeover relay operates on both the left and right sides at the same time so is unlikely to be your fault.

 

i asume your description of stuck on is you switch the rotary control to off and one light stays on?

 

things to try:

 

when set to dipped is it the dipped that is stuck on , when switched to full beam is it the full beam stuck on?

 

if you swap over the LH and RH relays does the fault swap to the other side

Ok bit of an update, when i tured the lights on manually they work, but when i turn them off the full beam stays on the o/s? when i turn them on and leave them a few seconds and turn them off they all go out? Leave it a few minutes and it will turn back on again....

so for the time being ive removed the o/s headlight relay and that has stopped it but i will try swopping them over later as ianl suggests.

cheak the earths, mine did this and thats what it turned out to be

Speak to Max and ask for darylls number.hes an auto sparky or you can pm him on here.look for dazzer21.

Cheers jimmer, my battery has now gone flat as the light was on all night and my alarm was going off! so im gonna give it a charge then swop the relays over and see if that is the fault....

If you are free 2nite ill pop over, im not much help but im sure we can fix it

If you are free 2nite ill pop over, im not much help but im sure we can fix it

 

Yeah ok mate ill give you a tinkle, u get your s2 ptu from the states?

Ok charged the battery back up went to swop the headlight relays then noticed they are different? but when i remove the o/s relay it stops, so im gonna wait till pay day and buy a new one as she rarely gets used in this weather anyway:)

Ok charged the battery back up went to swop the headlight relays then noticed they are different? but when i remove the o/s relay it stops, so im gonna wait till pay day and buy a new one as she rarely gets used in this weather anyway:)

 

that realy does sound the same as mine mate, think the guy that fixed mine just used a different earthing piont but cant remember if he changed any of the wireing ether way its not done it since

Pm paul@swz im sure he can give you a few spare relays if not i seriously hope its not the loom!

 

And thanks for coming over tonight mate, and i just ordered my S2 ptu :D