My name is Emyr from Cardiff. I own a 51 plate Volvo v40 diesel. Its a great car - but I have one problem. The lights on the car are very poor. On main beam - the lighting patern is very short - even whith stronger bulbs fitted - I still canot see well enough for safe driving in contry areas. I would be very greatfull if anyone could shine some light on this problem.
Emyr Williams
How do you say that in english?
/me ducks
Tha hat
Cheers D.
I'd hazard a guess at Em-ear.
Can't help with his post though, other than suggest that the headlight driving relay contacts are bright and clean, and that the headlights are adequately earthed.
Pete.
SpecSaves :-)
Chris
"Emyr" wrote in news:1152556691.850442.51650 @b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
Take the sunglasses off, summer's over ;-) Check the alignment of the lights, maybe they are aimed too low. Does the car have a headlight trimmer?
If the patterns short on main beam then the last time they where adjusted for the MOT there was something very heavy in the boot.
sheep @ welly boots ;o)
No one seems to fit auxillary driving lamps these days - are they still legal? I fitted some to an old car of mine when I was doing a lot of country driving some years ago.
Ian
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That's because the sort who wanted them are now catered for by front foglights.
That's what I thought.. check the load adjustment dial for the headlights. Should be a thumbwheel down by the steering wheel somewhere, although I don't know exactly where on Volvos.
If the car is lightly loaded but the dial is set to the 'fully loaded' position then it will have pointed the headlights a long way down, and have exactly the symptoms you describe.
Another thing that I have come across before - someone who thought sidelights were 'dipped' and dipped was 'main beam'.
When I showed them where the real 'main beam' was they were stunned...
"PC Paul" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@brightview.com:
New driver, knew there was a 'low' and 'high' beam. Turn the switch one click, get dim light, turn it one more, get bright light.
Not that hard to understand when you see it like that. Especially when full beam is on a completely different stalk.
"PC Paul" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@brightview.com:
RTFM? I would.
So would I.
But there's a reason 'RTFM' exists as a phrase in the first place!
Not sure on the legalities, I don't know if you are permitted up to two lamps... but as Guy says, the primary audience for these products have moved to front fog lamps... which of course are useless in such circumstances!
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Driving instructor failure, then.
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