Mr.Chewbacca

My headlights wont go down . Where do i start?

djessence

Start by checking the switch on the dash. There is a rocker switch on the dash that will keep them up. I panicked first time i had my car and it was that. Something to check befroe starting to worry


Think its on the left hand side (been a bit since ive been in the car), black rocker, think it shows a headlight projecting light down, could be wrong tho

Mr.Chewbacca

I already cheled that little butom cause the first time it happened i freaked out also but they used to go down not nothing at all they wont go down and the little button is not on

wakeupnow111

well if u just want to put them down behind the headlight is a thing with a boot on top of it (boot it circular shaped) take those off and manually twist them down

Mr.Chewbacca

the little twisty thing that says something like " blah blah fusible link" on a yellow sticker with jap written on it?


edit* I twisted them and now they are down but i would like it to be automatic i hear a click when even i triy lifting them using the button but still no avil

wakeupnow111

yup just twist and they go down

do they go up by themselves?

ratboy

iTrader: (1)

I bet one of your fusible links burned out. They look like 4 little loops of cloth covered wire that plug in with spade connectors on the drivers side of the engine compartment. If you check the FSM you could figure which one controls the light motors but it may even look burned (if not check all with a multimeter for continuity).

Mr.Chewbacca

edit* I twisted them and now they are down but i would like it to be automatic i hear a click when even i triy lifting them using the button but still no avil


now vice versa they wont go up lol



RATBOY: i still hear the motor trying to make the lught go up so i wouldnt think a fuse blew, also i see none discolored

wakeupnow111

your motor could have gone bad

Mr.Chewbacca

crap

wakeupnow111

but idk u could check those links to the head light see if any of those ae bad

Mr.Chewbacca

i will

dblclutch

iTrader: (1)

Did you check all the fuses under the dash. Do your parking lights and dash lights work?

64mgb

iTrader: (1)

I doubt it...not if both headlights are affected.

Rich

Joker1337

You can hear the motors for both head lights whirring when you switch them on, but there is no motion on either light?

RX-7 Chris

iTrader: (19)

I think it could still be the fusable link. It may be slill sending enough power through them for the motors to make noise but not enough to bring them up. I've had this happen. Also check all the conections to the motors. Something may have come a little loose.

64mgb

iTrader: (1)

I don't see how this could happen. A fusible link is either open or closed...no partial current flow.

Rich

RX-7 Chris

iTrader: (19)

The link didn't really blow, it just started to come apart.

Mr.Chewbacca

yes they all work

Mr.Chewbacca

i hear it and i do have lights but just no movement, i also hear a "click"

Mr.Chewbacca

ok

Mr.Chewbacca

hmmmmm

axle

check if the gear on the motor has striped the motor would turn but the gear wont that might explane the sound of it working but no up or down

Joker1337

Yeah, but it doesn't explain how both of the gears failed at the same time unless he put some unusual force on both of them. Sounds like an issue where the motors can't get enough current to get past slip torque, however I'd think a fuseable link would burnout from the spot resistance if it started to decay. If the fuse was defective, that might explain it, so replacing it and testing that sounds like your best bet to me.

axle

true hadn't thought of that DOH!!!!!