106 Headlight Switch

Hi Dan,

Sounds very much like your dim/dip resistor is kaput. See an earlier thread about this (it's a common problem).

The dim/dip resistor allows extra light from the headlights when the sidelights are on (it allows approx 1/6 of the normal brightness). Unfortunately, often a corroded contact or frayed wire will cause too much current to flow to the resistor and over time will cause damage which will lead to it blowing.

There are two things that you can do:

1) Contact yoru local Peugeot dealer and ask them to source a new dim-dip resistor. You can ask a nice mechanic to show you where it is located in your car (in my 306 it is under the bonnet on the left hand (passesnger) side attached to the chasis next to the fuse box (you need to remove the fuse box cover to get to it. You see it as a metallic cylinder about three inches long and about one inch in diameter). It's very easy to pop the old one out and put the new one in.

2) Remove the resistor from the equation by cutting the three wires to it and wiring up two of them together which effectively bypasses the resistor. You can check out your Haynes manial for the wiring diagram or take it to your local, no nonsense garage who will do it for you cheaply. The dim/dip function is not a legal requirement (although the Haynes manual says that it is) check out:

Regards,

Wayne