Hello,

I've been experiencing strange behavior with the headlight switch on
my '99 A4. When I switch the lights ON, all lights (including dash
interior) work except for the actual headlamps. When I pull the
signaling stick back to flash the high-beams, they work also.

The odd thing is that once the car is warmed after about 15 minutes,
the headlamps work fine. I started playing around with the actual
headlight switch, pushing it forward and back and found that when I
pushed it forward (practically against its will the headlamps
turned on.

What could be causing this behavior? Is the switching mechanism in
the dashboard broken, and if so how could that possibly happen?

Thanks!

--Ted

 

tis is almost certinley the switch . i have saw it happen many times with
older audis . replace the switch !! fault cured . let me know how you get on
, jged35@hotmail.com btw look for the switch contacts , 35 and 36 , and by
pass them if you can
"Ted Kubow" <K3W@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:4b60be56.0404140852.46203dfa@posting.google.c om...
> Hello,
>
> I've been experiencing strange behavior with the headlight switch on
> my '99 A4. When I switch the lights ON, all lights (including dash
> interior) work except for the actual headlamps. When I pull the
> signaling stick back to flash the high-beams, they work also.
>
> The odd thing is that once the car is warmed after about 15 minutes,
> the headlamps work fine. I started playing around with the actual
> headlight switch, pushing it forward and back and found that when I
> pushed it forward (practically against its will the headlamps
> turned on.
>
> What could be causing this behavior? Is the switching mechanism in
> the dashboard broken, and if so how could that possibly happen?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Ted