My girl friend is having problems with the head lamp on her car.
The car is a K reg Nissan Micra. She says that it is a 950cc with the L trim. I think that this makes it a late K10 model.
Whilst driving home (on the M4) Saturday night the lights started 'playing up' .... she was driving, I'd had a few beers !
The symptoms are:
1) With the control stalk in the 'side light' position there was buzzing noise (caused by the relay 'chattering') from the headlamp relay box close to the battery. But, both side lights worked.
2) With the control stalk in the 'dipped main beam' position, the buzzing stopped but the blue 'main beam lamp' on the dash was lit indicating that main beam was on even though it wasn't. Only the near side headlamp was working (both side lights still worked).
3) With the control stalk in the 'main beam' position, only the near side head lamp was on main beam, the offside head lamp was still dead (both side lights still worked).
When I looked at it the next morning I could see that the near side head lamp has had a new connector wired in. I assume this is as a result of the connector melting problem I have read about. The replacement connector looked in good condition.
The off side head lamp connector and bulb also appeared in good condition, with no obvious signs of melting.
The two 15A head lamp fuses just below the bonnet release handle have not blown.
I've read a few posts on here (and other places) that suggest different causes (ie the connector on the side with no light, the relay box or the stalk).
Which one do I try changing first (connector, relay box or stalk) ? Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Dave O
PS
I disconnected the relay box a couple of times and now the headlights work again .... but I know the fault will be back given a bit of time !
Also, looking at the workshop manual (linked here: http://www.micra.org.uk/showthread.php?t=13800), the wiring for the headlamp did not show the head lamp relay box, so perhaps this changed on the later K10 cars. Does anyone have a wiring diagram showing the relay box connections ?
The car is a K reg Nissan Micra. She says that it is a 950cc with the L trim. I think that this makes it a late K10 model.
Whilst driving home (on the M4) Saturday night the lights started 'playing up' .... she was driving, I'd had a few beers !
The symptoms are:
1) With the control stalk in the 'side light' position there was buzzing noise (caused by the relay 'chattering') from the headlamp relay box close to the battery. But, both side lights worked.
2) With the control stalk in the 'dipped main beam' position, the buzzing stopped but the blue 'main beam lamp' on the dash was lit indicating that main beam was on even though it wasn't. Only the near side headlamp was working (both side lights still worked).
3) With the control stalk in the 'main beam' position, only the near side head lamp was on main beam, the offside head lamp was still dead (both side lights still worked).
When I looked at it the next morning I could see that the near side head lamp has had a new connector wired in. I assume this is as a result of the connector melting problem I have read about. The replacement connector looked in good condition.
The off side head lamp connector and bulb also appeared in good condition, with no obvious signs of melting.
The two 15A head lamp fuses just below the bonnet release handle have not blown.
I've read a few posts on here (and other places) that suggest different causes (ie the connector on the side with no light, the relay box or the stalk).
Which one do I try changing first (connector, relay box or stalk) ? Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance
Dave O
PS
I disconnected the relay box a couple of times and now the headlights work again .... but I know the fault will be back given a bit of time !
Also, looking at the workshop manual (linked here: http://www.micra.org.uk/showthread.php?t=13800), the wiring for the headlamp did not show the head lamp relay box, so perhaps this changed on the later K10 cars. Does anyone have a wiring diagram showing the relay box connections ?