My headlights were on......even though they were switched off!!!!!!!!!!!!

py2006

Hi guys,

I was driving home from work today. It was 4pm so it was still
bright. I noticed all of a sudden that my lights were on. I
thought to myself, "thats strange, I dont remember turning them
on". So I went so switch them off. BUT THEY WERE
OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I thought I was going mad, the thing for turning on the lights was
at the "OFF" position yet the headlights were on!!!

I pulled over to see what the craic was and I couldn't figure it
out. The lights only went out when I turned off the engine. When I
turned it back on again, on came the lights.

I tried fiddling around with the thingie (not sure whats the tech
term for it is) but I couldn't work it out. Eventually, they came
off but I am not sure what I did. I thought maybe it was something
small and that I would have a look at it when I got home.

I forgot all about it and was driving around this evening and all
was normal. I went for a coffee with a mate tonight and when I get
back into car and switched on the engine the fecking headlights came
on again even though (according to the thingie behind the wheel) the
lights were off!!

Am I mad?

PS. Its a 1999 Mazda MX5

Saturnine

Sounds like relay switch stuck on. Same thing happened to me in a Sierra years ago and that was the cause of it.

DubTony

Sounds like your Mazda would rather be a Volvo

AMurphy

Possibly a faulty relay or a faulty switch "thingy". So long as they are not on with the car off, you'r ok. btw, can you switch between mains and dims and/or are the side/parking lights on or off also.

The ralay box usually has the relay identification on the cover, pull the offending relay by daylight if you wish.
If the relay clicks when you remove & insert it, then the relay is not the problem, but the switch.

btw, I'll assume it is not a Canadian model, where the lights (Day running lights) come on as soon as you start moving, a rental had me confused for a day, till I figured it out.

Had a stuck fan relay behave similaraly once, too bad it kept running when the car was shut off.

py2006

AMurphy wrote:

Possibly a faulty relay or a faulty switch "thingy". So long as they are not on with the car off, you'r ok. btw, can you switch between mains and dims and/or are the side/parking lights on or off also.

The ralay box usually has the relay identification on the cover, pull the offending relay by daylight if you wish.
If the relay clicks when you remove & insert it, then the relay is not the problem, but the switch.

btw, I'll assume it is not a Canadian model, where the lights (Day running lights) come on as soon as you start moving, a rental had me confused for a day, till I figured it out.

Had a stuck fan relay behave similaraly once, too bad it kept running when the car was shut off.

Nah its a japanese import. It was fine again afterwards and then did it again last night. I will go out and check it this morning

py2006

They are fine this morning!

prospect

DubTony wrote:

Sounds like your Mazda would rather be a Volvo

LOL

py2006

If it goes wonky again later I will let ya'll know!! Cause your all very interested in my problems are ya!

ubu

py2006 wrote:

If it goes wonky again later I will let ya'll know!! Cause your all very interested in my problems are ya!

Yea, no doubt this will somehow turn into a 10 page thread aswell!

py2006

ubu wrote:

Yea, no doubt this will somehow turn into a 10 page thread aswell!

Your just jealous because my threads are more popular than yours haha


Lights are still fine today!! It happened the day I washed the car so maybe some water got in somewhere?

AMurphy

Note to self, "Please close sunroof and windows before entering aut car wash".

btw, water behind the dash is possible if the Ac/Cr fresh air intake plenum drains are blocked with leaves, dead rodents, etc.

stratos

Dead rodents ??? so once a mouse gets in an mx5 it's done for.

Victor

I hate people who mess with default settings :rolleyes:

py2006

Victor wrote:

I hate people who mess with default settings :rolleyes:

what the hell was that

The_Bullman

Victor wrote:

I hate people who mess with default settings :rolleyes:

I'm seeing the same - a disturbing new trend on boards

Rabies

py2006 wrote:

what the hell was that

Some of us use the Cloud skin when browsing boards. Black text can be a pain in the arse to read.

py2006

Rabies wrote:

Some of us use the Cloud skin when browsing boards. Black text can be a pain in the arse to read.

Ah right, I get you now!! But surely Cloud is not the default setting?

Rabies

py2006 wrote:

Ah right, I get you now!! But surely Cloud is not the default setting?

No, but it should be. Best skin.
Change to Clound skin and covert everyone else

To view who uses what skin go to the drop down menu boards.ie->Change Styles
White is the default skin and most popular.

py2006

Rabies wrote:

No, but it should be. Best skin.
Change to Clound skin and covert everyone else

To view who uses what skin go to the drop down menu boards.ie->Change Styles
White is the default skin and most popular.

Ahhhh, I changed to Cloud and couldn't remember what I was on originally! But I am back to white now! The other was confusing

Rabies

Shame on you. tut tut tut

Now go fix your headlights

py2006

Rabies wrote:

Shame on you. tut tut tut

Now go fix your headlights

Well I might change!

The headlights were fine today! Not sure what it is! I washed my car yesterday, maybe some water got in somewhere.