Joined
·
1 Posts
Salutations,
My wife is complaining the low beams on her 2006 New Beetle Convertible are very dim. I took the housing out of the fender well and there are 3 bulbs in it, 2 H7s and one that looks like a side marker bulb. With the engine on, the low beams (the ones on the top of the housing) come on (I was told when we bought the car that they are driving lights that run the low beams at "reduced power"). When I turn on the headlight switch, the only thing that happens is the little side marker bulb comes on kind of a sickly orange color.
I measured voltage at the low beam bulb socket - 13.4 volts. It does not change when I turn on the headlight switch - always 13.4 volts.
Both "running light" bulbs are lit so I know the bulbs are good.
The high beams work all the time just like they're supposed to.
If I pull on the parking brake, the headlights go out (like they're supposed to) and releasing the brake brings them back on.
What SHOULD the voltage be when the headlights are supposed to be on low beam (rather than the DRL mode)? Is there some sort of relay that should be kicking in to increase the voltage to brighten up the DRLs into actual low beams? Or do I just have an aiming problem (groundhog spotting) instead of being properly aligned?
Shining the lights on the garage door, I get 2 pools of light roughly the height of the headlights so I don't think its an aiming problem.
Any help is appreciated!
My wife is complaining the low beams on her 2006 New Beetle Convertible are very dim. I took the housing out of the fender well and there are 3 bulbs in it, 2 H7s and one that looks like a side marker bulb. With the engine on, the low beams (the ones on the top of the housing) come on (I was told when we bought the car that they are driving lights that run the low beams at "reduced power"). When I turn on the headlight switch, the only thing that happens is the little side marker bulb comes on kind of a sickly orange color.
I measured voltage at the low beam bulb socket - 13.4 volts. It does not change when I turn on the headlight switch - always 13.4 volts.
Both "running light" bulbs are lit so I know the bulbs are good.
The high beams work all the time just like they're supposed to.
If I pull on the parking brake, the headlights go out (like they're supposed to) and releasing the brake brings them back on.
What SHOULD the voltage be when the headlights are supposed to be on low beam (rather than the DRL mode)? Is there some sort of relay that should be kicking in to increase the voltage to brighten up the DRLs into actual low beams? Or do I just have an aiming problem (groundhog spotting) instead of being properly aligned?
Shining the lights on the garage door, I get 2 pools of light roughly the height of the headlights so I don't think its an aiming problem.
Any help is appreciated!
