Intermittent Parker lights - faulty connectors???

[peter51]

I have had the same problem with my 1982 Datsun for 30 years and have found that bending the contacts and changing the globe gives the best results. If you have not changed the globe you could have a broken filament that makes contact again when the fitting is tapped and then breaks again when it cools down.

[tigger73]

Well I went and got some Navra Ultra Blue T10 globes and it seems to have fixed the issue. The bonus is I now have blue parkers

Will see how these go and post back in a week or so if it's a permanent fix.

Still a little puzzled about the stock globes as they both still work but intermittent. Very strange.


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[tigger73]

Well seems like the new globes have sorted things. No faults now for a couple of days whereas before they were faulting almost every trip in the end.

I did speak to a Audi/VW tech the other day and he said it was classic behaviour prior to complete failure of the globe.


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[MGV]

Hi Damien, are these available over the counter somewhere, or did you get them on-line? Got a part no?

May as well replace my 4+ year old ones before they begin to fail...

[tigger73]

Hi Damien, are these available over the counter somewhere, or did you get them on-line? Got a part no?

May as well replace my 4+ year old ones before they begin to fail...

These are a standard off-the-shelf T10 bulb. You can go to VW for them but reality you can pick them up for half the price at Supercheap/Autobahn/Repco/etc. I paid $10.99 at Autobahn for a set of 2 Navra Ultra Blues. There was the Navras or some Phillips Super White 6000k - probably should have got these as the Navra ones are quite blue (and not that bright).

Here's a couple of photos. First is with headlights on:




Just parkers:




Given the bulbs are cheap I may look at changing these out for something a little less blue and possibly a little brighter. May even try my luck with some error-free LEDs.

I hardly use the parkers so it wasn't really a major issue - more an annoyance that the bulb out warning was coming up in the dash.

[GoddyB]

Good to hear you have a result, at least it looks like a cheap simple fix. Thanks for your info