My pop ups are only going up when I tun on the lights. The maunal push button doesn't work either, up or down.

any has had this problem and fixed it?

thx

 

you can search headlights and pop up to see "tons" of threads.

Here is one in particular. Check out post #24

https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/headlights-flip-sake-698074/

good luck

Charlie

 

interesting link but his problem is that nothing works..

My lights work and they do pop up when lights when lights are turned on, they just don't pop down.

I have already located the relay and *** far as I can tell, it works normal.

But I've been told that there is also some kind of a control box for the lights. I just don't know where it is

 

bump

 

Wait, are you saying that when your headlights are on, and you push the button to make them close, they stay open?

 

do they used to work?
are you able to lift up the head lights by manually pullin them up?

 

does it do it on both sides or just one?

My car was doing this for a while, it was a grounding issue.

 

Short summary,


i bought the car with a broken engine.

Lights were working but only the passenger one poped up, the drivers side stayed down.

I found out a short cut in the drivers' side motor so i bought a new set of frames with new motors.

After hooking them up both lights poped up (when turning on lights) but do not close when turning of the lights.
The manual button doesn't work either (nor to open or close)


So this pretty much is an electrical problem rather than a mechanical. I checked the relay already and that seems to work fine.

I was told the pop up lights have a control box of some sort but I haven't been able to locate it for checking.

 

i think the button hes refering to is the emergency high beam button on the left hand side, but the twist **** still pops up the lights. I would first check the wires to see if it has any problem with the wires, if not then get a power curcit to see if theres any power to the switch!

 

the manual button is a part of the problem, but the headlight turn switch at the lever doesn't pop them down when turning of the lights

 

so I changed my headlamp motors and now both lamps pop up when turning on the lights BUUUUT they don't go down when turning them off.

Anybody got some hints? Is there only one relais to make this work or multiple? And where do I find them

 

So my pop up headlights won't turn down.

Brief situation.



- turn lights on-> lights flip up, lamps turn on

- turn lights off-> lamps go out, lights stay up


Checked:

- motors work both ways when directly switched off the battery OK
- engine bay relay works OK
- checked dashboard manual button. works OK buuuuuut.... the workshop manual (page T-70) says the pins shoud read as follows:

switched OFF: pin A,B,C -> 12v
switched ON: pin B,C -> 12V


Now... when i make a direct connection between C and B the lights flip up, when I make a direct connection between A,B, C the lights continiously flip up and down..


Leaves me to think that my CPU2 is fried....

Any other hint would be highly appreciated

Neal

 

up

 

This makes me think that there is a mechanical limit switch (or the wiring to it) in the headlamp assembly that is not making contact as it should when the lights are up. The continuously flipping up & down has been a symptom of a bad (or misaligned, etc.) limit switch on other cars I have owned. I've not had that problem in the FD, so this is just a guess.

 

I've seen the switches go bad... Could be that.

 

I have 2 sets of headlights I tried and they all do it