George Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Hello,Recently my headlamps have been dropping down and point about 2m in front of me (which isnt nice!) and they were doing it permanently until I took it in the VW garage. Now here is where I need some advice. VW said there faults found in the 'fault memory', adjusted them to the normal height and disabled the auto levelling. Said they 'maybe faulty' and they recommend that I replace both lights (around £250 each!). I said yea right and am happy using the lights as they are. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":coffee:" border="0" alt="coffee.gif" /> has anyone experienced this before? Can anyone tell me if its normal to have to replace both lights just to sort a the self levelling of the headlamps? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":confused:" border="0" alt="confused.gif" /> Your comments are appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrat Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 (edited) thats a load of crap, soz, but if you open the headlight there is a little motor that adjusts the height of the headlight (i am trying to get mine to level by means of the adjuster that an arosa has)anyways, there is no need to replace the whole headlight if thats blown, but even if it had blown then the headlight wouldnt adjust at all. I would say its the sensor that actually detects that the car is unlevel in the first place thats faultyor ... has the socket jumped out on the leveling motor ? i know bossjohnc had this problem and vw replaced the headlight Edited April 22, 2006 by Blackrat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchell Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 i adjusted mine with an allenkey and disconnected the auto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L7UPO Posted April 24, 2006 Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 i have a GTI and would like to know how you can test this self leveling thing, cos mine dont seem to do it.i found the lights were a little low so adjusted the allen screws and all seems like normal lights ( except they are bright) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted April 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2006 Thanks for the feedback. Looks like the adjustments they made have done the job and when something happens I will challenge their comments about replacing the lights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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