Headlight sensor? Headlights won't adjust. Stay down

[Dnovakovic04]

I've tried to search this and no luck.

When my headlights turn on at night, they'll go up and down and set how they used to, but after 1-2 minutes, they just stay down and shine 10feet or so in front of the car.

Anybody ran into this issue before or know what I can do?


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[JesssMooo]

Check your driver's side front and rear lower control arms to make sure the headlight level sensor is still attached. It looks something like the following...


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[Jacon]

You may need to adjust them manually then use a VAG-COM to confirm the settings.

[NLPed68]

I really hadn't noticed this on my car until recently with the days getting shorter, but my headlights don't seem to 'reach out' like they used too. I thought it may be related to the lowering. If that's the case, is the level sensor adjustable to compensate for the change in ride height?

[Dnovakovic04]

So I just checked it out. And on the rear the arm isn't connected to the other sensor part. It's like a ball bearing. I can't clip them back together for the life of me because there's not enough room to work. Any tips or tricks. Taking off anything to create space seems like such a hassle.


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[van462]

Did you jack it by the frame and allow the wheel to lower, or did you crawl in/use ramps where it stays more compressed. One position or the other may give the proper angle.

[Dnovakovic04]

Did you jack it by the frame and allow the wheel to lower, or did you crawl in/use ramps where it stays more compressed. One position or the other may give the proper angle.

I used a ramp. I'll jack it up tonight and try that. Good call. I'll let you know how it goes.


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[CONative]

I really hadn't noticed this on my car until recently with the days getting shorter, but my headlights don't seem to 'reach out' like they used too. I thought it may be related to the lowering. If that's the case, is the level sensor adjustable to compensate for the change in ride height?

Interesting - we both lowered our Avants around the same time with similar kits - I've never had to adjust to compensate for the drop.

You already know this but you did you try adjusting the headlights themselves? When I first bought the car it bugged the s* out of me because the beams weren't level - had to adjust the height of the beam to get an even look.


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[Dnovakovic04]

Interesting - we both lowered our Avants around the same time with similar kits - I've never had to adjust to compensate for the drop.

You already know this but you did you try adjusting the headlights themselves? When I first bought the car it bugged the s* out of me because the beams weren't level - had to adjust the height of the beam to get an even look.


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I lowered mine just about 1.2 inches and it didn't affect it until a couple weeks ago. I finally was able to plug it back in on the rear, had to take the wheel off to access it and it fixed my problem.


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[kt883]

take off your wheel and jack up the car and you should have more than enough room to work

[The Infiltrator]

ECS Tuning just posted this, it might be what you're looking for to fix this.
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...or-Bracket-Kit

[Dnovakovic04]

ECS Tuning just posted this, it might be what you're looking for to fix this.
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...or-Bracket-Kit

Yeah I just saw that. Funny the timing of that.

I took my wheel off and saw that on the rear the sensor was unclipped. So I put them back together and headlights work fine now. Thanks though!


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[The Infiltrator]

Yeah I just saw that. Funny the timing of that.

I took my wheel off and saw that on the rear the sensor was unclipped. So I put them back together and headlights work fine now. Thanks though!


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