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Old 02-15-2013, 05:37 AM
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Mine's a 2000 A4 2.8Q with 222K miles. Noticed both my xenon headlights are aiming toward the ground. This was after my bumper fell off (long story). I manually adjusted them with the screws and this worked for a while. Now they're aimed back toward the ground again. The auto-aim linkage looks intact. Lights do NOT flicker, but work great except for the aim. I can reach inside the headlight and wiggle the adjusters up and down. Any ideas?
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If you've maxed out the height adjusters and you can freely move the inner reflectors up and down with your finger, I have a feeling you snapped the plastic adjustment bolt from it's mounting inside the headlight. I ended up breaking one as I rotated the adjuster one turn too much and POP. The reflector was free floating in the headlight. I had to break the adjuster apart in order to repair the internal damage I did with JB weld. I'm hoping it's just the auto system resetting but from what you describe, I have a bad feeling. Good luck.

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The manual adjustment screws still work fine. Could it be a failed range control module?
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