Help, Headlights won't turn off! SOLVED!

[Matty-MK3]

OK, cool, let us know what it was.

[Mars Attacks]

PROBLEM SOLVED 

or rather, problem solved by pure luck or just because the car loves its owner (the missus) more than it loves me.

Anyways, after i had spent every night this week and lunchtimes at work trying different things to clear the problem with no luck, i hand the keys back over to the missus to take to her garage so it can be mot'd.

i get a call back later in the morning and she says the problem has dissapeared! i asked what she has done and all that happened was that she put the drivers seat back forward as i have it right back and also the passenger seat as well as i'd had that back rummaging around in the footwell looking for any loose wiring. and by the time it got to the garage, the problem was gone. unbelievable

i know there is a chance it might come back as i have no clue what happened in the first place, but sod it i'm happy i don't have to spend any more time on it. And to add an even bigger bonus, the car flew through its mot and needed nothing at all. 

so all back to normal, and i even got a straight steering wheel and bought a vag-com out of the experience!

thanks to everyone for the suggestions and help, its was all gratefully received.

a happy drive way once again!

[Matty-MK3]

Wow. Cool.


There are wires under the carpets, I think one of them must have shorted with the seat being moved about. Would explain it.

[Mars Attacks]

yeah i thought that, will investigate that, but i'm not giving her any credit! i put all the graft in!

[Matty-MK3]

Waste of breath.

[VR6-Joe]

Wow. Cool.


There are wires under the carpets, I think one of them must have shorted with the seat being moved about. Would explain it.

Where are these wires that you speak of? I've stripped out several Mk3's in my time and there aren't ANY wires underneath EITHER of the seats (except from the heated seat loom of course!!). All the wires run down the side of the car under the plastic sill covers..

[Wayne]

Wow. Cool.


There are wires under the carpets, I think one of them must have shorted with the seat being moved about. Would explain it.

Where are these wires that you speak of? I've stripped out several Mk3's in my time and there aren't ANY wires underneath EITHER of the seats (except from the heated seat loom of course!!). All the wires run down the side of the car under the plastic sill covers..

+1 spot on no wires under the seats.

[christomk3gti]

I'm pretty sure i have some wires under my seats... I'll confirm this tomorrow. 

[Matty-MK3]

I stand corrected then, I must be thinking of the door switch, it runs from one side to the other and is near the seat.

[FlySpeck]

plus the only lighting wires running back to the rear are the reverse, indicator, brake and tail lights, and they would have brung the sidelights on i would think, not the dips - if they had shorted.

Does your missus go over speedbumps like they are invisible? My niece does - the car gets a good old battering every time she hits one. Maybe shook the shorted wiring apart where ever it was.

It would be good to strip the fusebox and trace where no1 and no2 are getting power from when they were faulty, but will be impossible to find now, unless it comes back. Best o luck tho mate! Glad its working for now