Re: Low beams dead 100Q

["Scott M." <scottmo@teleport.com>]

Soren,

You may want to pull the top plastic cover off of the
steering column combo headlight/wiper/turnsignal/emergency
flasher switch to inspect the connectors.

Pull off the connector for the headlight portion of the
combo switch and check the connector for  a burned
terminal. My 89 200TQ lost the low beams intermittently and
I found that Audi used a small terminal to carry the low
beam current through the headlight switch. Mine was
toasted! 

The high beams use a larger terminal. I was able to replace
the plastic portion of the connector and I soldered in a
new terminal that I bought from the dealer. Luckily I was
able to clean up the headlight switch terminal and did not
have to replace the switch assembly.

I would recommend installing relays near the headlamps even
if you are running the stock bulbs. Audi chose not to use
any relays for either the low or high beams. I did not want
to risk burning up another connector or switch.
HTH
Cheers
Scott M.
89 200TQ
CHIPDIPPINDUDE
> 
> Hi all,
> last night my low beams died, at first they would come on
again when I
> switched the high beams on and off a couple of times, but
after e stop
> they never came on again. 
> text deleted