# Headlight alert light **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [February 28, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-alert-light/135544 "2019-02-28T22:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marcia\_Loving](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Marcia\_Loving](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marcia_Loving)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-alert-light/135544/1 "2019-02-28T22:04:28Z")
VW Jetta My driver’s side headlight socket needed to be replaced so I did so and changed both bulbs. However my headlight light on my dash is still on. Both lights are working however the passenger side socket looks a little corroded and a little damaged. Could the light be alerting me to a impending problem or does the light need to be reset? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-alert-light/135544/2 "2019-02-28T22:23:41Z")
Is that headlight light blue by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![NYBo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nybo/32/17281_2.png) [@NYBo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/NYBo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-alert-light/135544/3 "2019-03-01T00:28:27Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Is that headlight light blue by any chance? What are you insinuating??😄 ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-alert-light/135544/4 "2019-03-01T04:23:38Z")
Try switching the headlights from their bright mode to their dim mode a few times. If that doesn’t do the trick, probably a higher-than-allowed resistance connection somewhere in the circuit. The corroded and damaged socket you observed would be the likely suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-alert-light/135544/5 "2019-03-01T14:29:16Z")
You know EXACTLY what I am insinuating! 😁 Inquiring minds want to know! ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-alert-light/135544/6 "2019-03-01T18:08:41Z")
While I have no desire for returning to the old dim sealed beams they were certainly far less complicated. ---
**Author:** ![eddo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/eddo/32/2594_2.png) [@eddo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eddo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-alert-light/135544/7 "2019-03-01T21:28:33Z")
I’ve had more than a few folks come to me saying that their High Beams don’t work, with the solution to be to actually turn the headlights on- instead of running around with the DRL’s on… ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/headlight-alert-light/135544/8 "2019-03-02T23:02:05Z")
I recently passed a small sedan after dark showing no rear lights. Dash lights on and DRLs. I’m changing Daytime Running Lights to Dim Running Lights with Dim serving a dual purpose by also describing the operator.