Funky Headlight Malfunction
12-03-05, 01:47 AM
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Funky Headlight Malfunction
My driver's side headlight has started doing something really strange. When I turn on the lights it takes a few seconds for it to pop up and when I turn them off, it will close a little every few seconds and finally close after a minute or so. Has anyone had this happen or know what causes it? TIA.
12-03-05, 02:21 AM
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I had a similar problem and found that the fuse box was pushing into the manual lift/lower ****. Rearranged some wiring and the problem stopped.
Is yours making any noises when its going up or down?
Is yours making any noises when its going up or down?
12-03-05, 08:32 AM
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I had a similar problem and found that the fuse box was pushing into the manual lift/lower ****. Rearranged some wiring and the problem stopped.
Is yours making any noises when its going up or down?
Is yours making any noises when its going up or down?
12-07-05, 10:04 AM
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I had a similar problem, but not as slow raising and lowering the light as in your case. Mine turned out to be a bad ground. In such a case, the light raises slower than it lowers, because during raising the headlight itself is also powered on, putting greater load accross the bad ground connection.
Anyway, though it sounds a little different, it may be worth checking to see if it is anything to do with the grounding. To do this is very easy. Try raising the lights using the dash-located "raise-to-clean" switch. If the light goes up faster, (now no headlight load), it is probably grounding related.
When the lamp is raised, is the headlight fully lit or is it dim? If dim, this would be another sign of a bad ground.
BTW, getting to and fixing the ground connection is a pain. Let's hope you don't need to do it!
Hope this helps.
Dave
Anyway, though it sounds a little different, it may be worth checking to see if it is anything to do with the grounding. To do this is very easy. Try raising the lights using the dash-located "raise-to-clean" switch. If the light goes up faster, (now no headlight load), it is probably grounding related.
When the lamp is raised, is the headlight fully lit or is it dim? If dim, this would be another sign of a bad ground.
BTW, getting to and fixing the ground connection is a pain. Let's hope you don't need to do it!
Hope this helps.
Dave
12-07-05, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by HDP
Yeah, a loud vibrating noise. I can feel the noise in the steering wheel.
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