Hi all
Both my headlamps failed on my way down to London this last week (2003 Corolla, 1.4lt, nothing-fancy model).
I had the high beams, and sides, and the M25 has street lights, so I survived (it was only when I came up behind the 3-mile long queue of traffic that I realised my lights had failed: no reflections in the car ahead).
Since both had gone together I assumed a fuse had blown (I was wrong, it turned out). The fuse box has two 15A blade fuses, marked "Head, LH" and "Head RH", and it has a larger, square hole for another fuse, which is
40A, and this is marked "Main". This hole is empty on my vehicle!The very good people at Halfords[1] assured me that this was fairly normal, and that "it's probably a relay, fitted on models with fancier lights ... yours will all be on the 15amp fuses...." Are they right? I ain't too happy having an empty hole in my fuse box!
John
[1] I must say that I was very impressed with the Halfords staff btw: they were polite, helpful, pro-active in trying to solve my problems, and the girl who fitted the bulbs for me was brilliant. (I had given up in despair, having completely forgotten how I managed to do it last time, years ago. She did both bulbs with utter confidence in less than five minutes, working in spaces which defy entry, never mind manipulation.