URGENT HELP - Headlights died

Trev323 · 03-02-2009, 09:59 PM

Hi all. Talk about bad luck, as i was approaching a random breath test, my headlights died. To cut a long story short I almost got defected but was let off cos I lived just up the road. The fuse was ok cos the parkers still work and I believe the headlights + parkers run off the same fuse. Globes looked ok as well. I took my high beam globes out recently due to the faulty stalk so I was unable to test them out but i did notice the high beam symbol in the dash doesn't come on either.

Any ideas?

project.r.racing · 03-02-2009, 10:35 PM

normally headlights have the own fuse seperately to all other lighting.

and it does sound like a fuse to me.

lucky you weren't doing 110kph down the highway when they went out...

DavoAust · 03-02-2009, 10:56 PM

there is a fuse in the engine bay for headlights from memory. definitely sounds like a fuse.

Trev323 · 03-02-2009, 11:00 PM

Thanks guys. Yeah I already looked at the fuse in the engine bay and it looked ok but then again its dark. I read the manual and it had 1 fuse for the headlights which when I pulled also switched the parkers off so I think it's safe to assume its a single fuse for headlights and parkers.

You're right abt the safety issue but the biyatch of a cop was giving me a hard time. The lights went out literally 10m before I approached the booze bus and she made it out like I was driving around in the dark.

Hopefully it is a fuse and not the stalk.

Trev323 · 03-02-2009, 11:33 PM

Solved.

From http://www.club323f.com/club323f/for...ight=headlight

Well after spending about two hours sifting through old posts I found a post where someone had had a similar problem and it was solved by replacing the fuse marked 'HEAD' in the manual. According to the manual, this fuse protects the electric windows and central locking among other things. After substituting another 30amp fuse in its place I noticed that the lights worked fine - obviously this was the problem after all, although it was not noticeably blown.....strangely though this fuse DOES NOT protect the above mentioned items as they worked fine with no fuse in place...thanks very much Mazda!

There you go folks.

guntersmells · 04-02-2009, 07:16 AM

Good you found out what it was. But it also very probably could've been the relay. Those things are normally the next likely to give up after bulbs and fuses. You would've exhibited the same symptoms too. (at least i'm pretty sure with 323's)

03-02-2009, 09:59 PM	#1
Trev323 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: At Home Car: Car Posts: 89	URGENT HELP - Headlights died Hi all. Talk about bad luck, as i was approaching a random breath test, my headlights died. To cut a long story short I almost got defected but was let off cos I lived just up the road. The fuse was ok cos the parkers still work and I believe the headlights + parkers run off the same fuse. Globes looked ok as well. I took my high beam globes out recently due to the faulty stalk so I was unable to test them out but i did notice the high beam symbol in the dash doesn't come on either. Any ideas?

03-02-2009, 10:56 PM	#3
DavoAust Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brisbane Car: Red '93 3000GT / Black '08 Ninja 250R Posts: 2,930 View Photos By: DavoAust	there is a fuse in the engine bay for headlights from memory. definitely sounds like a fuse. __________________ Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, torque is how far you take the wall with you. '97 1.8L Hardtop '93 3.0L TT 3000GT

03-02-2009, 10:35 PM	#2
project.r.racing Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: n/a Car: n/a Posts: 10,929	normally headlights have the own fuse seperately to all other lighting. and it does sound like a fuse to me. lucky you weren't doing 110kph down the highway when they went out...

03-02-2009, 11:00 PM	#4
Trev323 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: At Home Car: Car Posts: 89	Thanks guys. Yeah I already looked at the fuse in the engine bay and it looked ok but then again its dark. I read the manual and it had 1 fuse for the headlights which when I pulled also switched the parkers off so I think it's safe to assume its a single fuse for headlights and parkers. You're right abt the safety issue but the biyatch of a cop was giving me a hard time. The lights went out literally 10m before I approached the booze bus and she made it out like I was driving around in the dark. Hopefully it is a fuse and not the stalk.

03-02-2009, 11:33 PM	#5
Trev323 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: At Home Car: Car Posts: 89	Solved. From http://www.club323f.com/club323f/for...ight=headlight Well after spending about two hours sifting through old posts I found a post where someone had had a similar problem and it was solved by replacing the fuse marked 'HEAD' in the manual. According to the manual, this fuse protects the electric windows and central locking among other things. After substituting another 30amp fuse in its place I noticed that the lights worked fine - obviously this was the problem after all, although it was not noticeably blown.....strangely though this fuse DOES NOT protect the above mentioned items as they worked fine with no fuse in place...thanks very much Mazda! There you go folks.

04-02-2009, 07:16 AM	#6
guntersmells Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wagga Car: Mazda 323 Astina '02 Posts: 55	Good you found out what it was. But it also very probably could've been the relay. Those things are normally the next likely to give up after bulbs and fuses. You would've exhibited the same symptoms too. (at least i'm pretty sure with 323's)