No dipped/low beam.Mot sson please help

[sigee]

Hi Guy's
Im a long time reader,first time poster in need of some help please.
My low beam has stopped working on my 53 plate clio.
I have checked all the fuses and they are fine and I have wiggled all the wiring but there doesnt seem to be any lose connections.
When I switch from side lights to low beam you can hear a relay click but the lights dont come on and the dipped beam light in the dash board doesnt light up.
All other lights work just fine including high beam.
I am rather poor and my mot is due soon so I am deperately in need of any advice you may have.
Thanks for your time.

Si

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Assuming you've checked the bulbs?

 

[sigee]

Assuming you've checked the bulbs?

Lol yes I should have mentioned I replaced the bulbs as a precaution.

Si

 

[Thrill]

I would thoroughly test every fuse, the ones in the engine bay aswell as the ones beside the glove box.

 

[sigee]

I would thoroughly test every fuse, the ones in the engine bay aswell as the ones beside the glove box.

Ok I will dig out the meter and have a play.It would be so nice if all it was was a dodgy fuse.

 

[bozothenutter]

Check yhe plug that goes in the back of the unit too....i forcdd it once and one of the contacts bent....guess what no driving lights

 

[sigee]

Check yhe plug that goes in the back of the unit too....i forcdd it once and one of the contacts bent....guess what no driving lights

Sorry if I seem a bit dim but which plug/unit ?

 

[Zeitgeist0190]

Worth checking the relays under the passenger footwell/dash area? I think they control the lights, maybe if one was locked loose or something by mates with banana feet.

 

[sigee]

Worth checking the relays under the passenger footwell/dash area? I think they control the lights, maybe if one was locked loose or something by mates with banana feet.

I have checked and they are not loose.However I do want to buy a couple so I can rule out a dodgy relay. Just got to find out what part number they are then off to ebay.

 

[bozothenutter]

Sorry if I seem a bit dim but which plug/unit ?

not your fault, my reading fail....

on a 182 there is a plug that gets power to the headlightunit...I bent a prong in it....

 

[sigee]

Right a quick update.
Iv checked all fuses and they are fine.
While checking the fuses I stuck a meter on the fuse contacts for the low beam near the glove box and when I switched on the low beam the meter showed power to the fuse.
So now I know its not the fuses or the stalk/switch.
Are the fuses before or after the relays elecrticaly ?
Any help would be much apreciated thanks.

Si

 

[sigee]

PROBLEM SOLVED YEY.
It turned out to be a combination of a dodgy relay and a lose conection where the relay plugged in.
I only found out by accident when I left the lights on while messing with the relays.
Thanks again for the help guy's.

Si