2nd Generation Specific (1986-1992) 1986-1992 Discussion including performance modifications and technical support sections.

rebellious headlights

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Sep 7, 2003 | 05:50 PM
  #1  
nightmare77's Avatar
Thread Starter
1.3L of Doom
Tenured Member 15 Years
 
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 54
Likes: 0
From: san antonio, TX
Exclamation rebellious headlights

ok people i need some help this is my first post so be kind.
ok about 4 days ago my battery wasnt holding charge too well and it died on me. later in the day some friends of mine took out the battery for me to get it tested while i was at work(it was stuck in the parking lot). turns out the battery was fine but the clamps that connected to the battery were bad(?). anyway they bought 2 and connected them and mycar now works...except when they connected the battery they said my headlights popped up. now they wont go down. i dont know what they did. my 7.5a room fuse got blown but i replaced it and its fine. THE RETRACTOR FUSE IS STILL GOOD so i know its not that. my head lights still work also. i got sick of the them being always up so i took the fuse out and manually lowered them, but when i put the fuse back in they popped up again. my retractor switch is in the OFF position and everything worked excellent before the clamps were replaced so i have no clue whats up. any advice would be good thanx
Reply
Old Sep 7, 2003 | 06:27 PM
  #2  
BlackRx7's Avatar
Daily Domestic Killer
Tenured Member 10 Years
 
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 2,425
Likes: 0
From: San Antonio, Tx, USA
That same thing happened to me before, your head light motors are still trying to shut the headlights after your car is off and its draining your battery, you should here a ticking sound if this is happening, I suggest you try and manually move them up or down to stop this from happneing
Reply
Old Sep 8, 2003 | 02:00 AM
  #3  
Kim's Avatar
Kim
OBEY YOUR MAZDA
Tenured Member 20 Years
 
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 3,060
Likes: 2
From: Denmark
Welcome to the forum.

I had my car do the headlight thing on me some months ago, while driving the headlights would suddenly pop up and the car would die out, but when it came back to life a second or so after the lights would go down again.
It turned out to be a corroded plug that goes from the main fusebox and into the car.
I still dont know why the lights came up, maybe its a call for help
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
renjiv2
3rd Generation Specific (1993-2002)
57
Jan 25, 2024 03:34 AM
FC3S Timmy
2nd Generation Specific (1986-1992)
16
Oct 3, 2015 01:08 AM




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:08 PM.