Why are my lights not popping down?

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Why are my lights not popping down?

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Guy's my lights are stuck in the up position and not going down

any ideas???
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Button on the top left of the dash pushed in???
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not that simple unfortunately
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Re: Why are my lights not popping down?

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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.

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Also try unplugging all the wiring harness connectors and drown them in contact cleaner.
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WHAT THE

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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.

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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.
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Post 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.
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this is by the book

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Check it out mate.

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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!
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Post 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
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