Headlights aiming low
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Your bio-diesel was obviously possesed by a demon that escaped into you lighting system and is now wreaking havoc there 
Just to check they havent been put into european driving mode by mistake in your MMI ?? ( From memory: Car > Exterior Lighting > Headlamp Convertor )
Just to check they havent been put into european driving mode by mistake in your MMI ?? ( From memory: Car > Exterior Lighting > Headlamp Convertor )
i dont think so but will check. it is strange. i remember them being fine since i have had the car. left my grans out in the sticks on saturday night and noticed it straight away. they are pointing straight at the floor right in front of the car, had to drive 200 miles back with them like that too
No eu mode. There is a headlamp converter setting which was on. If I turn that off they rise slightly but not sure how much as it's not that dark yet.
Interestingly as I drove up the road they randomly raised high then dropped straight back down!
Interestingly as I drove up the road they randomly raised high then dropped straight back down!
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My converter is always on and has been. I thought that was to adjust aim based on how high the nose of the car is?
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Its on the passenger side rear lower arm. Its a pain in the **** to see if the car has s-line suspension. but here is a pic of what you are looking for.
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If your car has Bi-xenon headlights it will have a level sensor on the rear suspension somewhere.
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And all it does is control the headlight aim?
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Do u have led daytime running lights? If so then u have bixenons
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That's right. The reason for it being there is to lower the headlights if you load your boot up. Stops your headlights pointing to the stars and blinding everyone.
Quite possible it got knocked. Looking at your beam pattern and the colour of the lights they are definitely Bi-xenon.
The ' headlight adapter ' option should be off for normal uk driving, when selecting 'on' it drops the headlamp aim by a small number of degrees so that the left hand section ( with the higher cut off ) of the beam pattern is lowered to approx level that of the right hand side under normal driving conditions.
This operates in conjunction with the self levelling headlamp aim. It can be useful to use the headlamp adapter in foggy condition to use this to help to cut down the 'white out' sometimes experienced in certain misty/foggy conditions.
@rbdazza it could well be that when the car was jacked up fully at the rear side it has fully extended the suspension travel and caused an issue with the levelling sensor or linkage just as @EXSpartan36 said.
This operates in conjunction with the self levelling headlamp aim. It can be useful to use the headlamp adapter in foggy condition to use this to help to cut down the 'white out' sometimes experienced in certain misty/foggy conditions.
@rbdazza it could well be that when the car was jacked up fully at the rear side it has fully extended the suspension travel and caused an issue with the levelling sensor or linkage just as @EXSpartan36 said.
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top worklol, not my neatest work i must say!
i'm going to look out for a second hand one. its obvious why its failed; where the bottom of the arm attaches it is like a semi circle plastic clip that clips on to a ball bearing shaped clip on the lower arm. there was corrosion and it was solid so as the suspension goes up and down eventually it has snapped the plastic bit
i'm going to look out for a second hand one. its obvious why its failed; where the bottom of the arm attaches it is like a semi circle plastic clip that clips on to a ball bearing shaped clip on the lower arm. there was corrosion and it was solid so as the suspension goes up and down eventually it has snapped the plastic bit
I'm a tight ****** me lol. Needed it sorting as I've got a fair few miles to do this week. The alternative fix I considered was to tape the arm up in the level position which might have lasted a bit longer and wouldn't have caused any problems as I don't tow.
I'll get a replacement soon....
I'll get a replacement soon....
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I'm going to check mine soon to make sure it's not broken lol. I've also turned my headlight converter off now!
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Happened to me too - all of a sudden both sets of lights ended up pointing at the floor. I was just about to go on hols to France so had to have them fixed.
£120 back on the road.
Check your connectors as well. It seems that the salt on our roads does untold amounts of damage to exposed parts, such as these, when tucked behind the bumper.
£120 back on the road.
Check your connectors as well. It seems that the salt on our roads does untold amounts of damage to exposed parts, such as these, when tucked behind the bumper.
