headlight wiring

[Rabbit16v@attbi.com (Rabbit16v)]

Yeah, someone wired the dashlights into the highbeams and not the regular
headlights.  Either that or your switch is cooked inside or you plugged it
in wrong.  Seems it would be kinda hard to plug it in wrong so probably one
of the others.  HTH!

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nate Lowe" <nlowe@cox.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 3:42 PM
Subject: headlight wiring


> In trying to fix the problem I posted about before I took  a look at the
> wiring in the dash. It was an easy enough fix for the headlights... or so
I
> thought. The switch had been shaken loose and was no longer connected to
the
> wiring. so I plug it back in, replace the fuse, and check the rest of the
> dash for shorts (none found). Everything works fine now except the normal
> headlight setting. the brights come on fine but when the brights are of
all
> of the headlights turn off. All of the other lights work fine. Any ideas
on
> what might be wrong here?
> TIA,
> Nate nlowe@cox.net
> "When the thief ripped my stereo out of the dash, there was some
> damage done to the wiring. The headlights (or parking/driving lights)
won't
> come on with the switch on the dash, but the brights (and the regulars)
will
> come on when I pull back the handle. The parking/driving lights do not
come
> one when I do this. None of the instrument cluster lights come on at any
> time. Also, the right turn signal works normally when I am not depressing
> the brake, but when I am using the brake the rate doubles (like if the
bulb
> is out). All of this worked fine before the break-in and all of it broke
the
> first time I drove the car after the break-in. The "#9" fuse was blown,
> which is listed in the Bentley at the horn and reverse lights. When I
> replaced this fuse and turned on the headlights, it blew again. I'm very
> confused by this so if anyone has any suggestions for finding what's going
> wrong let me know. I'm going to scour through the dash for shorts this
> weekend but some direction would be nice."
>
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