Cars with blown bulbs

MaryAntoinette

Is this a new trend or something? dip beams blown along with tail lights. Things are gone to fcuk.

Wompa1

MaryAntoinette wrote: »

Is this a new trend or something? dip beams blown along with tail lights. Things are gone to fcuk.

No, has always been going on. Next question!

Shannon757

Wompa1 wrote: »

No, has always been going on. Next question!

Which way to the bathroom?

Atlantic Dawn

I blame the money racket NCT...

Shannon757

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

I blame the money racket NCT...

I blame ISIS.

Torricelli

It's definitely getting worse. It's a nightmare to change a bulb in a lot of newer cars these days. I've a Ford Mondeo and I need to remove the front grill, remove the headlight and then change the bulb. A lot of people don't have the tools or know how to change them.

The European Union should make themselves useful for once. There should be a law whereby car manufacturers have to allow for anyone to change a bulb in under five minutes.

L.Jenkins

Checked my car over before the NCT on the 21st. Failed with a blown bulb and I after checking it before leaving the house. I was like an antichrist on the way home.

Pinch Flat

Shannon757 wrote: »

I blame ISIS.

I blame Edna kenny

MaryAntoinette

Torricelli wrote: »

It's definitely getting worse. It's a nightmare to change a bulb in a lot of newer cars these days. I've a Ford Mondeo and I need to remove the front grill, remove the headlight and then change the bulb. A lot of people don't have the tools or know how to change them.

The European Union should make themselves useful for once. There should be a law whereby car manufacturers have to allow for anyone to change a bulb in under five minutes.

That is what you get when you drive a Ford.

Always like this. At least the yearly nct for older cars will catch this.

fenris

The plague of speed bumps doesn't help

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Someone was reading the blown bulbs thread in Motors

MaryAntoinette

Mathias Miniature Nectar wrote: »

Someone was reading the blown bulbs thread in Motors

Swing and a miss Sherlock.

Mantis Toboggan

I'm blaming Fergie

Wompa1

Shannon757 wrote: »

Which way to the bathroom?

Walk down this corridor for about 100 feet and then take a left. Keep walking until you see the Seeing Guide Dog statue thing. It should be right there on your right. Happy hunting!

Mint Aero

Great craic on country roads. One light a mile off .....motorbike....definitely a motorbike....30 metres away.....has to be a motorbike...plenty of room for me......vfoooooom! Hah! Twas a van. Where's me mirror??

Fratton Fred

Tyson Fury wrote: »

I'm blaming Fergie

Van Gaal, surely. This would never have happened in his day.

laugh

Make them all LED, they would surely last longer?

Mantis Toboggan

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Van Gaal, surely. This would never have happened in his day.

Ah but shur you'll still here lads blaming Fergie for leaving a title winning team behind. Sure he ruined it all.

Down with this sort of thing.

aziz

afaik in France by law you have to carry spare bulbs in the car and you have to change blown one as soon as you can,which i thought it was funny as i had a clio and changing headlight bulbs was a pig of a job.

Tin Foil Hat

fenris wrote: »

The plague of speed bumps doesn't help

Was just going to post the same. I drive a van for a living, and the thing is fukked from them. I have to drive over about 100 a day.

Sir Osis of Liver.

My last car,a Toyota,was a right bastard to replace the bulbs in.

The battery had to come out first and even at that it was a struggle to fit my big Irish hands in to reach the holders.

What should take two minutes was an hours work.

pgj2015

anyone know why the rear lights on jeep's never seem to be lit up?

myshirt

Life is too short to be driving a Ford or a Toyota. I drive a BMW. Easy to change bulbs on.

Oh wait..... no... must remove wheel arch liner.... yes, definitely something sinister at play here

MaryAntoinette

pgj2015 wrote: »

anyone know why the rear lights on jeep's never seem to be lit up?

Some stupid EU law as the spare wheel is mounted to one side on rear door. JDM imports are excluded.

Corpus Twisty

I've a pain in me bulb with them.

TallGlass

MaryAntoinette wrote: »

That is what you get when you drive a Ford.

God help you if you drive a German car. Fords are fairly easy in comparison.

Then you have the ****ers who put them in arseways and blind the life out of you on the road.

Duiske

Torricelli wrote: »

The European Union should make themselves useful for once. There should be a law whereby car manufacturers have to allow for anyone to change a bulb in under five minutes.

Seen that suggested elsewhere on Boards in the past few days. Would be brilliant if it ever happened. Changing a bulb in my own car is a doddle, could be done in 2 mins on roadside. My daughters Stilo on the other hand.. Has to be done via wheel arch on drivers side, and on passenger side the battery and battery plate have to be removed. While I was checking online for info on how to do it I came across a comment from a guy in the UK who was quoted £80 by a Fiat dealer to replace a bulb. Madness.

Shannon757

Wompa1 wrote: »

Walk down this corridor for about 100 feet and then take a left. Keep walking until you see the Seeing Guide Dog statue thing. It should be right there on your right. Happy hunting!

I went after 50 feet but thanks anyway....

Sunnyisland

I have an idea...

Shannon757

realies wrote: »

I have an idea...

Go on...

Special Circumstances

Torricelli wrote: »

It's definitely getting worse. It's a nightmare to change a bulb in a lot of newer cars these days. I've a Ford Mondeo and I need to remove the front grill, remove the headlight and then change the bulb. A lot of people don't have the tools or know how to change them.

The European Union should make themselves useful for once. There should be a law whereby car manufacturers have to allow for anyone to change a bulb in under five minutes.

Allegebly there is an EU decree that they should be changeable at the side of the road without special tools. Or perhaps without any tools.

This is given as much heed as the emissions regulations on diesel cars.

Delirium

Actually met another driver on the road that had both dips and the driver side fog light gone. Only had a single fog light to drive with. *headdesk*

Buona Fortuna

Torricelli wrote: »

It's definitely getting worse. It's a nightmare to change a bulb in a lot of newer cars these days. I've a Ford Mondeo and I need to remove the front grill, remove the headlight and then change the bulb. A lot of people don't have the tools or know how to change them.

The European Union should make themselves useful for once. There should be a law whereby car manufacturers have to allow for anyone to change a bulb in under five minutes.

I'd go further. I'd make it part of the test to change any bulb the examiner picked.

Plus everyone carries a complete set of bulbs - no exceptions, and "No, ah shure well just show it down the station when you're passin loike."

Oh, and Happy Christmas.

Ghost Train

Also, van drivers who obviously have a bit of weight in the back of van and don't adjust the lights for it. They dip the lights but still blind you

5uspect

I've seen numerous cars with no working brake lights and only the LED strip in the middle. I've even hopped out on occasion at traffic lights to let the driver know only to be met with blank stares and incredulity.

It's not hard to check your lights in traffic in the reflection of the car in front and the glow of your brake lights when you park up

Fortunately my Civic is pretty easy to deal with. There are easily reachable screw caps on the front lights - you only need to slip off the secondary air intake inlet specific to my model.

darkpagandeath

Pinch Flat wrote: »

I blame Edna kenny

I Thought FG compared Water charge protesters to ISIL.

donegaLroad

It could be a relay issue OP.. if multiple bulbs are blowing. Some relays are easily replaced... just unplug and fit new one.. volvos are different though. Their relays are soldered onto the circuit board in the electronics module.

Log9

They'll all be unblowable LED arrays before too long anyway.

But I agree, they should be required to be easy to change. Some cars are utterly ridiculous.
I find Toyota one of the best exceptions to this. Changed the bulbs on a Prius recently expecting a tech heavy nightmare and it was actually a total breeze to do!

Tell me how

pgj2015 wrote:

anyone know why the rear lights on jeep's never seem to be lit up?

They are probably caked in grime. The lights are on but you cannot see them.

Anyone who owns a jeep should never wash them. It's the law.

4x4's? Different story. They should never be dirty. Ever.