Mazda familia headlight problem

perry111, May 14, 3:24pm
my gf haza 1989 familia,a wile ago the high beams would not work they would flash by them selves on and off.now when she has them on low beam they will flash on and off consantly sometimes the indercators will flick aswell.what could this be any ideas!

familiadude, May 14, 3:51pm
most likely the combination switch(the one the indicator stalk etc connects to) just get another one

perry111, May 14, 4:01pm
ill give that a clean up and c iff that works

familiadude, May 14, 4:04pm
oh yeah or give it a clean duh dont know how I forgot to mention that

skin1235, May 14, 4:35pm
they have a trembler relay in them, so if the current draw is too high they don't just blow a fuse and leave you at 100km/hr in the dark, the bigger the overload the faster they pulse the lights
check the wiring and bulb ratings. and the relay
get a sparky to check it - you don't want a fire in the wiring

bigfatmat1, May 15, 3:18am
switch is common failure. If keeping car i would replace with new around the $120+gst mark. Never heard of a trembler relay in one. have repaired replaced 100's of switches. If you clean it and there is no silver left on contacts throw it away also you will need to tension the contacts!