My car lights aren't working, what could be wrong?
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It could be a dead relay. You say that new fuses aren't curing the problem, are the new ones blowing straight away, or not blowing? The same earth-points and leads tend to be used for side, dip and main-beam, so I would suspect the cars' light switch on the dashboard or stalk. What car is it?
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change the bulbs
new bulbs?
yes, dead simple. go and see a mechanic..
May need a new bulb?
Check fuses?
metres run out
or lose wire
Check wires that connect to lights
I would buy a new car,,,,
check you fuses!
In some vehicles, if one bulb is burned out, the other bulbs in that circuit won't light. Check each individual bulb to find the culprit.
I would take to the garage,
Sounds like it could be a bad fuse. I was having the same prob. last month. I went through 4 of them. That or the wires could be loose in there. Dobbs fixed mine. Good luck
Maybe a fuse. Check your manual. Surely not all of those bulbs gone at the same time?
Could then be, but hope not an electrical problem
You probably have a bad connection somewhere, or a short in the wiring.
Sounds like the headlight switch. Or a wiring problem.Either get an electrical tester(about $8) or see a mechanic.
The earthing to the lights, ie the connection to the body has either broken or become corroded.
TIME TO BUY A NEW CAR.
there broken
An electrical fault is obviously the cause,something could be short circuiting.I should get someone to check the wiring.
Anything
have you checked your battery
you have a bulb which has gone to heaven. check the rear lights first. hold up to the sky (in daylight) and see if there is a break in the wire.
might be a bulb and/or the wiring to it. I had a similar problem some months ago we just could not work it out even with new bulbs on both sides. As it turned out it was a faulty connection in the wiring on the side where the bulb had gone and this wiring affected the 'good' side too. We got some duct tape to hold the plastic contraption down where the bulb is housed so that all the wires were in correct position and hey presto it worked and it's still working. Hope this helps.
There is usually a relay next to the fuse box. its a small box that slots in via pins into the fuse box most cars have a few of them. There may be a icon to confirm its for the lights. Try removing it and cleaning the connections or buy a replacment they dont cost to much.
other than that it could be the swich that tuns them on or water in the electrics shorting them out. If so go see an auto electrician.
My answer is bulbs if that doesnt work since you tried the fuses go see a mechanic could be a short somewhere
fuse box best bet / so try your earth wires / give it a good shake
Brake lights are on a totally separate circuit from the rest.
Headlights (dip and full beam) are on (partially) separate circuits from sidelights and rear lights. Sidelights and rear lights share the same circuit. So you only have one fault to find, and it's probably not burnt out bulbs.
Are you sure you have identified the correct fuse in the fusebox? Hope with all your might that this is all you've done. Electrical fault finding in cars is the dog's ring.
To identify electrical faults you need the Haynes manual for your car. Doing it without it will drive you bananas. You also need a multimeter.
The lighting switch on the right hand side of the dash (if a Ford) or stalk on the left of the steering column (if most other kinds of car) is one place where a single fault could take out all of those lights. You could open that up (carefully, properly) and make sure all the connections are good. I suggest getting a multimeter on it and seeing if there's volts there, and if the volts switch when you switch it. If that's gone, you could go to a scrappie and get another stalk/switch and replace the existing one.
You should also put a multimeter across the bulbs and see if there's volts there. There probably won't be, but check anyway.
Alternatively there may be a common earth point for those lights which has rusted. But normally that creates more amusing behaviour than just "they don't work".
If you're not into doing all that crap, get a mechanic onto it.
what car have u got? it could be a bad earth look by the back clusters see if there is a nut on the bodywork with some usually black wires in them rough them up and try again or take the cluster out remove bulbs and rub the contacts of where the bulbs sit do you have power going to them?
you've probably got loose connection and it needs re-wiring. Go to your local garage get them sort it out.
You need about 10 people to come and place their hands on the car. You know it is true .many hands make lights work .sorry I couldn't resist it :))
new bulbs
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