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Headlamp Levelling & Airbag Light - MOT Fail

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Hi folks,

The wife's Roomster has just failed it's MOT. I am struggling to resolve two major defects, despite quite a bit of research both here and beyond!

  1. Both headlamp levellers are inoperative. Checked the fuse and it seems fine. Any ideas on what would cause both to stop working? I think it is unlikely that both motors would go at the same time. The switch perhaps?

  2. The airbag light is on. I was fixing something a couple of months ago, which resulted in me checking all of the fuses. Pretty sure it came on after this... I have read the thread that JR posted and the link to a potential electrical wiring issue under the driver's seat. JR mentioned that he managed to disconnect and reconnect by feel without unbolting the front seats and this solved the problem. Could anyone provide a little more into on how to go about this? Pretty sure I have located the correct connector.

Watched a video about bolting the sensor together under the car to solve the levelling issue, but couldn't locate this on ours.

Also, my old OBD2 reader is not detecting any faults when I scan, which means that I cannot reset any codes. Is this normal?

Our garage that carried out the MOT cannot fix it and suggested that an electrics specialist would be required.

Don't really have the cash for costly auto electrician investigations at the moment.

Any pointers on either issue would be hugely appreciated.

Cheers,

Joe.

  • 4 weeks later...

I noticed that I could hear a faint whirring in my old Roomster; tracked it to the n/s leveller motor running constantly. Garage simply disconnected it before it burnt/wore itself out and made sure the headlight was aligned correctly; never had any MoT problem.

(Or is the internal adjustment now part of the MoT test)?

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