In the hope of removing all doubt:

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HI JOE90; thanks for the drawing, hopefully as you say, it should remove all doubt. i doubt there is anything i can check on it?, so assume it would need to go on diagnostic?

in the meantime i will get some prices for a new one. i hope it doesent cost as much as it looks like it might cost,

Try the battery disconnection / ECU clear routine first. .
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HI JOE

i have carried out the battery disconnect etc and still the same. as a matter of interest, i removed the red twist plugs one at a time from the two dipped beam lamps ( one at a time ). just to see if one lamp was causing the problem with the rest , probably wishfull thinking, anyway all that happened was i got the usual fault chime and then the check dip lamp signal on the dash board..

so i have yet to look at the LCM

BOB

whilst i am trying to get to the bottom of this stupid glitch with the headlamps going out every 20 seconds which means the car cannot be used after dark

if the smaller of the two lamps is dip/main and the larger of the two is main / high should they both come on, on dip beam or just the little ones

bob

i would imagine that was a stupid question in as much that only the small one is called the dip/main, but i thought i would double check then probably just shut up making silly comments

bob

fyi, the outside lights are dual purpose...they are dip and main by using a shutter in front of the bulb....the inner lights are just for flashing and for main as well but they are not very bright.. ... - .- -.




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hi stan, thanks for your reply;

so it is the little ones that has the shutter then . when the lights go out, i can hear a clunk noise when they come back on, so i assume that is the ballast thingy .

if indeed it turns out to be a fault with the LCM, can i just fit it or does it need to be programmed at the dealers