NA high beam troubles!
Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:28 pm
Hey,
I own a 1989 Eunos Roadster aka NA Mazda Mx5.
Last summer I had the issue of my battery going flat due to my high beams coming on and staying on if it was left sitting out in the sun.
I dealt with this by pushing the indicator stalk into high beam position when parked.
A year on and this has progressed to a worse issue.
Driving at night with the lights on, my high beams will come on and stay on if I use an indicator or go over a bump or accidentally touch the indicator stalk.
It doesn't happen each time but happens often enough that I pity the other drivers and as a result avoid driving at night.
In the past week I have also had the battery and oil (I think - its the two left hand side red lights that come on in the middle of the dash when you start up) lights come on randomly - I don't think this is to do with bumps or anything though.
And to add a further issue, my right front headlight only works some of the time!
I have absolutely no idea if these issues are related but I finally have some free time and would love to get to the bottom of these problems!
Any help would be very much appreciated
Thanks!
I own a 1989 Eunos Roadster aka NA Mazda Mx5.
Last summer I had the issue of my battery going flat due to my high beams coming on and staying on if it was left sitting out in the sun.
I dealt with this by pushing the indicator stalk into high beam position when parked.
A year on and this has progressed to a worse issue.
Driving at night with the lights on, my high beams will come on and stay on if I use an indicator or go over a bump or accidentally touch the indicator stalk.
It doesn't happen each time but happens often enough that I pity the other drivers and as a result avoid driving at night.
In the past week I have also had the battery and oil (I think - its the two left hand side red lights that come on in the middle of the dash when you start up) lights come on randomly - I don't think this is to do with bumps or anything though.
And to add a further issue, my right front headlight only works some of the time!
I have absolutely no idea if these issues are related but I finally have some free time and would love to get to the bottom of these problems!
Any help would be very much appreciated
Thanks!