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Old 03-12-2019, 11:52 AM
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Recently I've received back my car from the repair shop after a minor collision where one of the headlight was replaced. I have LED lights but not the matrix one. Now I've discovered, that they are a little to far up. When I turn the engine on, both are doing a nod down like always, but then immediately they are back up. Is this something I can fix by ODBEleven, or do I have to get my car back to the repair shop?
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The headlight's going up and down at the beginning of start-up is a self-check of the leveling system for when there is uneven load. The actual height of the headlight is adjusted through the engine bay and does not require OBDEleven or a computer.
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The manual should outline the steps to physically align the headlights under the hood. There is one adjustment screws for each headlamp unit which controls their vertical position. There should be no need to take it back into the shop (unless convenient and they're willing to adjust for free).
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Ok but prior the repair, at the beginning of start-up, lights went down and stayed there. Now, when I turn on the engine, they are going down, and then back up again to the initial position. I understand that there is a screw inside the engine bay that allows to set the offset. Nevertheless is that to be expected that light are performing movement standby_position -> down -> standby_position?
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Normal behavior is at start up, the lights will dip down and then back up as a part of the auto-leveling sequence.
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Okay, thank you for clarifying that to me
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