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This may seem almost like stating the obvious, but please can you remind all readers to check their headlights from time to time? At this time of year, both my husband and I see an alarming number of people...
When locked, the alarm keeps going off.
When I switch the headlights on steering arm switch, it doesn't come and sometimes it does - I checked all fuses they are fine
Will you tell me how to alter the Bi-Xenon headlamps for driving abroad please. I cannot use the normal light deflectors with these lights. My local Ford agent does not know and Ford do not reply to...
I have recently started to use my front fog lights during wet weather. It seems to reduce the dazzle from oncoming cars and lights up the near verges so that I do not get too close when dazzled. Is this...
I own a 2001 Volvo V70 2.4. The headlight main beam light works intermittently; my Volvo Garage has inspected it and has suggested a full instrument binnacle replacement at over £600. They said that a...
I have a 2005 Peugeot 307 1.6 HDI. My problem is that when switching on the lights, I get sidelights but no headlight. Flash works okay, the two fuses under the bonnet are okay. I found a fusebox under...
Looking at on-coming car headlights at night, should the offside headlamp appear brighter than the near side headlight if correctly aligned? Or should it be the other way round?
On of your correspondents mentioned the number of cars driving with a light not working. One reason may well be the tendency for manufacturers now to make a lightbulb change a garage job. In recent years...
I'd appreciate your advice - I bought a new Mercedes-Benz C220CDI Sport Estate just over a year ago. The 'Intelligent Lighting' has never seemed to be properly aligned, being too high, and from the start...
 

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