I have a 2003 s-type and my auto-leveling lights only cycle up about 25% of the time when I turn them on. The rest of the time they are pointed correctly or the left one is too high where other people are flashing their high beam lights at me. Sometimes tuning the lights on and off severtimes will help and they will align themselves. Sometimes turning the car off and restarting then turning the lights on will do it. What should I check for to resolve this problem. Do I need to lubricate the adjusters or hit a relay with a hammer? Where do I start?

 

I have a broken auto-leveling light on the driver's side. Sick and tired of them being so darned sensitive. I would love to know if they can be replaced with a non-leveling set of lights.....maybe solve both of our problems?

 

You both can solve your auto-leveling headlight issue by performing our forum member and tech guru "BRUTAL"'s auto-leveling fix. Search this forum under "Auto-leveling headlight repair" and you will find what I performed in 1 minute to solve the same issue...Just screwing a 1 1/2" screw at an angle through the auto-leveling sight glass into the auto-leveling gyro. The screw will also act as a manual headlamp elevation adjuster.

 

BigMike, no need to search here it is.

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=10745

 

No, won't help me because I have a bad ballast. I want to replace them entirely. I don't want to spend the money on a new self-leveling headlight which might go bad later.

 

I had read that post and got the impression that fixed the light when the pin broke and they pointed down at the ground. It seams like my lights aren't getting the message to reset themselves and one of them will pointitself too high. Are you sure the screw is the right choice for that?

 

BigMike59, send a message to "Brutal" asking your question. He'll likely help you avoid a new assembly ($900).

 

I don't know that the lights are supposed to run through the up-down cycle every time you turn them on? Seems like mine cycle like yours, every 3 or 4 times I turn them on. I noticed when I'm close to a wall (like my garage) the lights usually won't move but if I'm in an open area (like a parking lot) I can clearly see them cycle up and down. Not sure if that is by design or just my imagination?

Anyway the screw-fix does not address the problem you are having. Are you sure the left one is only sometimes pointing too high? Maybe when it's high try adjusting it down to be level with the right and see it that fixes the problem.

 

Yes the head lights should dip and auto level every time the head lights are turned on. If they do not then something is binding or the adjusters are bad.
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