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Headlight not working

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#1 ·
My right headlight is not working. I had a spare bulb from the last bulb failing when I replaced both with better units. Unfortunately this has not solved the issue and the removed bulb tested good.
I looked at the fuse box on the left side of the engine. No headlight fuses apparent.
What service info is available?
 
#4 ·
The headlights use only one lamp with a metal shield that moves to provide the cutoff on dipped beam. The fuse for the RH headlight is in the engine compartment fuse box - no 41 - a small one next to No 11. If you've got your left and right mixed up, the LH one is no 22 which is between 1 & 5.

The fuse box is in the left front side of the engine compartment. To open the fuse block cover, press the clips at the front and at the back and rotate the cover up to the side.

If the fuse has blown then it could be a bulb fault or a cable has chafed through. If it hasn't then ummm .....

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#5 ·
I think The ones under the bonnet are the high/low beam solinoid fuses and the ones in the left and right instrument Fuse boxes are the actual lamp ones.
 
#6 ·
I think The ones under the bonnet are the high/low beam solonoid fuses and the ones in the left and right instrument Fuse boxes are the actual lamp ones.
Good spot - although its not entirely clear from the descriptions, the schematics confirm you are correct. So that would be fuse 11 in the LH side of the dash and fuse 4 in the RH side. Sorry for misleading.
 
#7 ·
Nothing misleading, in the old days you used to get a wiring diagram with cars, that seems to have past into dim and distant memory. Now you get a badly written manual if your lucky, more usually a PDF created with something weird and partially unreadable. /rant over

Makes life tricky trying to find anything :(
 
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