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Title: Headlamp range warning
Post by: dave-b on 28 December 2008, 21:40:05
Anyone come across this before ?
Driving home from Warrington earlier. about 15 miles, a warning popped up in the display "headlamp range" several times which disappeared when I clicked "OK", only to come back 5-10 mins later. Dip beams were in use at the time, the car is an '01 3.0ltr Elite with xenon lights, so obviously no manual headlamp range adjustment. :-?
Title: Re: Headlamp range warning
Post by: VXL V6 on 28 December 2008, 21:41:07
Sounds as if the level sensor may have popped off the front n/s wishbone.
Title: Re: Headlamp range warning
Post by: dave-b on 28 December 2008, 21:44:40
Cheers for that, will have a dekko tomorrow in the daylight. :y
Title: Re: Headlamp range warning
Post by: VXL V6 on 28 December 2008, 21:47:39
If it has, it probably will again, sometimes can be held in place by packing with grease and a tie-wrap.
Title: Re: Headlamp range warning
Post by: dbug on 28 December 2008, 22:34:48
If its not the sensor look at the lifting motors behind headlights.
Title: Re: Headlamp range warning
Post by: dave-b on 04 January 2009, 21:31:28
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If its not the sensor look at the lifting motors behind headlights.
It would appear that the o/s headlamp motor has gone on holiday, its making all sorts of noises but doing nowt, and the beam has dropped compared to the n/s one. Does anyone know if the lifter motors are the same on xenon and tungsten bulb lamps ?
Title: Re: Headlamp range warning
Post by: TheBoy on 04 January 2009, 21:35:15
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If its not the sensor look at the lifting motors behind headlights.
It would appear that the o/s headlamp motor has gone on holiday, its making all sorts of noises but doing nowt, and the beam has dropped compared to the n/s one. Does anyone know if the lifter motors are the same on xenon and tungsten bulb lamps ?
they are different
Title: Re: Headlamp range warning
Post by: dave-b on 04 January 2009, 21:44:23
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If its not the sensor look at the lifting motors behind headlights.
It would appear that the o/s headlamp motor has gone on holiday, its making all sorts of noises but doing nowt, and the beam has dropped compared to the n/s one. Does anyone know if the lifter motors are the same on xenon and tungsten bulb lamps ?
they are different
Sods law applies, I've got a couple of non xenon ones somewhere. Looks like hunt-the-elite in the scrappies ;D
Title: Re: Headlamp range warning
Post by: pscocoa on 04 January 2009, 23:47:49
My headlamp range warning comes on now and then on my 3.2 Elite - it has supposedly been checked out by VX and nothing obvious so have ignored it for over a year. Comes on say once or twice on a journey. It has been like this for ages. i just cancel it. Today it seemed to come on a couple of times when I used the windscreen washers
Title: Re: Headlamp range warning
Post by: TheBoy on 05 January 2009, 10:01:34
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My headlamp range warning comes on now and then on my 3.2 Elite - it has supposedly been checked out by VX and nothing obvious so have ignored it for over a year. Comes on say once or twice on a journey. It has been like this for ages. i just cancel it. Today it seemed to come on a couple of times when I used the windscreen washers
See Kevin Wood, find the reasoning for it coming on, and then it gives you something to work to.  He'll also exercise the servos over full range, stop them from getting sticky areas.
Title: Re: Headlamp range warning
Post by: pscocoa on 05 January 2009, 10:22:25
Thanks -PM sent to Kevin today.