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Why are my lights not popping down?

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:09 pm
by Marc
Guy's my lights are stuck in the up position and not going down

any ideas???

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:15 pm
by FST4RD
Button on the top left of the dash pushed in???

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:40 am
by Marc
not that simple unfortunately

Re: Why are my lights not popping down?

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:07 am
by Oscar-the-Grouch
Marc wrote:Guy's my lights are stuck in the up position and not going down

any ideas???
Mate MOST likely your switch is foocked.
need a replacement.

Try turning them ON,
The turn them OFF and "lightly" and slowly push the ON button to see if it make contact to pop them down. If this fails you'll need a replacement bottom assembly.

Cheers
Oscar

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:08 am
by hcca
Also try unplugging all the wiring harness connectors and drown them in contact cleaner.

WHAT THE

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:31 pm
by tri26t
If you want them down use the manual
control under the light first(turn the nod)
they should (all things equil) go down
into the auto reset position.

Cheers:Phil.

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:49 pm
by hcca
If you want them down use the manual
control under the light first(turn the nod)
they should (all things equil) go down
into the auto reset position.
Be careful doing that as the light may suddenly decide to go down by itself and might take your fingers with it.

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:02 pm
by JD_Stazza_Brendan
To be on safe side you can pull out the fuse for the lights from the fusebox and wind them down manually.

this is by the book

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:26 pm
by tri26t
Check it out mate.

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yeah it!s a big page,

Cheers:Phil.

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:33 pm
by Marc
oh mate thanks heaps for this scan. this is very helpful. i'll let you know when i find out what it is.

thanks everyone!

Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:27 pm
by enthuzed
Mine stopped tonight too! I went back out to the car an hour later to get something and decided to flcik the lights on and off. Hey presto, they went back down when I turned it off. :D

I know exactly what the problem is, as I've had it before. The harness to the lights/pop up motor get grotty due to cumulative dirty weekends of motorsport.

So I'll "contact clean" the connectors just under the front lights and that'll fix it.
Marc, I'd also suggest doing the same, as well as checking the harnesses for broken wires - 'cause that'll do the same thing... :o