my pop up headlights on my mazda roadster went weird the other day they started going up and down by themselves even when the engine was switched off (this was after heavy rain fall) then they wouldn’t go up at all about a week later so i have manually turned them up now so i can use my lights at night. However now i have the problem that the motor mechanism is not working at all the bulbs are fine just the lights wont go up and down by themselves now.
Does anyone know where the relay is located under the bonnet as that has been suggested as what the route of the problem is? and do you know how to fix the relay etc?
or if anyone has any other ideas as to what has happened to my lights it would be much appreciated! very annoying…!
Certainly sounds like the relay to me. Possibly just some water in the wiring or connector… It’s up near the bulkhead on the passenger side inner wing. I believe it’s the one right at the back, on the engine side.
Some WD40 might just drive the water out if that’s all it is.
Depending on the age of your car, the retractable headlight unit may be behind the dashboard above the pedals. A grey unit from memory with 6 wires. It says retractor relay, or words to that effect, on it.
Relays on n/s wing, you can disconnect the rear most one so that you can run just the side lights in the indicater lamps without the pop ups, great for dusk, but also may solve your problem. otherwise itl be the operating stork at the steering wheel as it is very unlikely that both retractor motors have failed at the exact same time. Good luck
I have a similar issue to the one listed above that’s just started on my MK1. It’s just the passenger headlight that keeps going up and down of its own accord. I can only stop it by pushing the headlight maintenance switch in, and this generally works.
I’ve already fitted a replacement light/hazard switch and as only one light is doing this I guess it’s not the relay. I’ve found one post on the net where someone had the same issue and they replaced the motor, solving the problem. However, before I commit to a new motor I thought I best check to see if anyone has had to do the same solution for this problem as to me, if a motor was about to fail it just wouldn’t work, not work all the time!?
I bought a second hand motor, replaced and problem solved! In removing the old one I see that one wire is chafed and showing the copper as below. If this was the only issue or not I’ll never know, but I’m happy it’s fixed!
