Got in the car last night and one of my headlights (passenger side) wouldn't pop up. The light was on, but it wouldn't raise.
This has to have been covered before! I searched several times but all I could come up with were crazy sleepy eye threads and folks who had removed the motors for weight reduction.
Is there something that is the probable, known cause for this, so I don't have to spend a day tearing it apart and diagnosing?

 

id say electrical with the motor. pretty ,uch has to be. like a loose wire.

 

1. linkage came off

2. motor dead

3. electrical

Inspect the retractor and see if the linkage came off. The bushings often get brittle and crack and then fall out. Then the linkage can easily fall off.

See if you can raise/lower manually with the **** on the motor to make sure something isn't binding.

Inspect the electrical connectors to make sure one is not unplugged, wire broken, etc.

Have someone operate the lights (try the headlight switch and the retractor switch) and listen/watch the motor. See if it tries to move.

I would say the the linkage is the most likely thing. It has happened to me before (driver side). I made a clip with a bobby pin that my wife left in the car to keep the linkage in place so I could drive home in the dark.

Good luck.

 

My vote is linkage fell off. the bushings get broken over time. my driver side falls off all the time. I should go get new ones.

 

linkage would stop both from popping up bit it should allow the lights to come on. So if the lights come on then its the link. If it isnt the fusible link then my best guess is the relay.

 

No the linkage would not stop both from coming up as they are independent from each other.

It would not be a fusible link or relay as the headlamps are wired the same.

The best conclusion as stated is that the linkage on the side that is not operating has come off or the motor it's self is bad on that side.