Holland, Thank you for the tip. It is a 91. We have since made a little progress. It seems that it is definitely the switch. Specifically it seems it is the headlight flasher in the switch. We bypassed/jumped it and the headlights then came on with the switch.
To answer your question about the stalk - until the bypass of the switch flasher, none of the lights would come on with the stalk either. I also think there are some relay problems because the right side high beam will not turn on now. This is my next mission but this one should be easier. Btw, this all happened when my alternator died. I think it may have sent a spike of current or something before it died. thanks for insight 16vs, Larry 91 GTI 16V -----Original Message----- From: Holland J. Phillips [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 5:13 AM To: Larry Velez Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] Tracking down a headlight problem On Jun 7, 2005, at 16:27, Larry Velez wrote: > I am trying to track down a problem with my headlights. None of them > light up. There is power at the switch but there is no power at the > fusebox before the headlight fuses. Is there a relay hidden > somewhere > up in there that might have gone bad? What model and year is your car? The '90-'92 Golf/GTI/Jetta/GLI have a relay (#10) that's energized when you turn on the light switch. That allows +12Vdc to flow to 4 fuses, #1 & #2, left and right low beams respectively, and #11 & #12, left and right high beams respectively. The relay is also energized by the headlight flasher incorporated in the turn signal switch. Do the lights come on when you pull the turn signal stalk towards you? If so, then it's the main headlight switch, if not, it's the relay. SInce you say none of the none of the headlights work, it's not likely that all four of the fuses are blown. The '89 and older cars don't have the relay. The power goes directly from the main switch to the same 4 fuses #1,2,11,12. So if that's the case (your car is an '89 or older), then the switch is most likely bad. > I am trying to decipher the Bentley but it doesn't seem to indicate > that > there is anything between the switch and the fusebox. There's the relay #10 if it's a '90-'92, nothing if it's an '89 or older. --Holland [email protected]
