Evening all,

After being hit by a dozy driver this morning my front bumper has been pushed back, across and up slightly. The indicator has come loose and popped out (easy replacement and fix from what I can see), but the offside headlight has also been forced up by a tiny amount, just enough for the levelling motor to be completely confused and decide it needs to be on all of the time.

It seems to be stuck on the drivers side as the other side moves up and down ok if you move the adjuster switch in the car, but no amount of adjustment will get it to stop. So my question is - is there any way you can disable the motor so that it's not whining all the time ? Not sure if just pulling a fuse will do it, or whether the motor unit itself can be easily disconnected for now?

The light still seems to be alligned ok, just trying to stop the motor from burning itself out.

Thanks in advance. :confused:

have a search on here, motor moving all the time the light is on is quite a common problem.

have a search on here, motor moving all the time the light is on is quite a common problem.

Thanks for that. I have found a couple of old posts, tried the WD40 trick and no joy, but i'm still not exactly sure on whether you can just disconnect the motor on one side (and how), or whether I should just remove the relevant fuse.

The handbook tells me which corresponding fuse it is and that it is for 'right hand lower light and adjuster', not the main beam. Does this mean i'll be sacrificing the side light on one side just for some peace and quiet ??

Was hoping I could just unplug a wire or connection somewhere for now, before it goes for service in a couple of weeks.

Thanks in advance again

You could unplug the connector to the adjustment motor if you want I guess. You'll find it if you remove the rear cover from the lamp unit.

I ended up just replacing the motor in the end when mine went duff.

You could unplug the connector to the adjustment motor if you want I guess. You'll find it if you remove the rear cover from the lamp unit.

I ended up just replacing the motor in the end when mine went duff.

Cheers Bodge,

Is the motor the black box at the side of the bulbs ? On the right as you look down on the drivers side.

Yeah it's a rectangular black box on the inner most end of the unit.

I can't remember if you have access to unplug it, without removing it from the lamp unit first. But it's only held down by 2 or 3 screws anyway. Be careful when your screwing the unit back down, as the plastic is very soft and it's easy to strip the thread on the lamp.

It makes quite a lot of noise for something so small!!

Thanks again Bodge.

And tell me about the noise ! Had some really strange looks sat at traffic lights in town with it whining away.

Will attempt to disconnect over the weekend when I replace the indicator. No doubt i'll be back on here shortly afterwards having broken something else in the process !!