Millions driving with faulty headlights, poll finds

[Mike Ruff, GW editor]

Over four million drivers are driving with defective or faulty headlights, according to a new poll. The Halfords study revealed that 12 per cent of mo
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[Lee Heywood.]

Interesting that halfords get mentioned in this article as is well known it the trade that halfords employees more often than not fit bulbs incorrectly. Most of the headlamp alignment issues the we see at our test centre are either owner fitted or halfords fitted bulbs.

[Ken Ashton]

We have a customer that took his car to a Renault dealer for a service and it came back with a note on the invoice that a headlamp was not working ( Quote – fitting a bulb is not part of the service !!!) so he bought a bulb from us and fitted it incorrectly and subsequently at mot time we failed it . Refitted it for him and he went away a happy customer .

[Phil Cake]

Lee, you are so right, we have shed loads that are incorrectly fitted causing incorrect aim. When we contact the owner their reply is “i had it fitted at halfrods”, oops f and r keys close together.

The amount of cars coming towards me with one light straight in my eye is probably 1 in 5.Owners should leave to us professionals to get it right first time

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