Headlight warning light on dash

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Headlight warning light on dash

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Hi..I've got a caddy 16 plate and the headlight warning light goes on and off ,but is on mostly now ,the headlight is fine so was thinking it the sensor that is at fault ,does any one know the location so I can test
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Re: Headlight warning light on dash

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Is it definitely headlight bulb out or just bulb out warning light on dash mate 👍
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Re: Headlight warning light on dash

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Just the warning light
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Re: Headlight warning light on dash

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Ah ok , check at the back mate even number plate lights they usually give trouble if warning is on and off , give them a few little taps with your hand see if they go out or in fact come back on ,👍
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Cheers mate
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Re: Headlight warning light on dash

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So checked all light and ok . Need location of sensor please
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Checked all lights and ok ...need location of sensor ..thanks
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Re: Headlight warning light on dash

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I had the same thing, it was one of the reg plate lights mate, eventually the bulb blew, I think they can be dodgy for keeping a good connection to the festoon bulbs. I swapped mine for LED and just bent the contacts inwards slightly. No problems since. I think the system checks for bulb out by measuring resistance on each lighting circuit. So there is no sensor as such, just the bcm or ecu (someone will be able to correct me) that looks for a set value, I don't think it knows if its open or short, it just knows the value isn't right so throws up the dash warning.

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Thanks
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Re: Headlight warning light on dash

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Located fault to one of the bulbs on the rear side lights,
Where the solder had a hole in the middle ,giving the intermittent warning light :D
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Re: Headlight warning light on dash

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Glad you found it mate gonna look at mine now as mine playing up now and it ain’t number plate lights 😳🙈
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Re: Headlight warning light on dash

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Good luck dude
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