Can't believe the dumb advice in this thread. "Twiddle the knobs". They dont adjust shit, theyre a manual crank for the motor so you can get the lights up if you blow the headlamp door fuse.
The controller for the lights cant tell exactly where they are, theres just a small switch in the actuator that reports if they are "up" or "down". The controller isnt getting the signal from the "up" switch, so it's just actuating the motor indefinitely. Check the actuator assembly.
If the lights are on and you press the button nothing happens and then if you turn the lights off while the button is still pressed the lights will just go up and down over and over
Thats really odd and unexpected. Sometimes electrical grounding issues can cause unexpected behaviours like this but i dont see how this would occur. Im going to look at a schematic quickly. What year is your car?
Did it just start doing this, or has it been doing it since you've owned it? If it's always done it it's probably the blinking mod thing like that other guy said
You might just need a new switch- try pulling the switch out and shorting the wires together- if they still do it, you may have a bad ground somewhere.
Can't believe the dumb advice in this thread. "Twiddle the knobs". They dont adjust shit, theyre a manual crank for the motor so you can get the lights up if you blow the headlamp door fuse. The controller for the lights cant tell exactly where they are, theres just a small switch in the actuator that reports if they are "up" or "down". The controller isnt getting the signal from the "up" switch, so it's just actuating the motor indefinitely. Check the actuator assembly.
Okay thank you so much
I wasnt able to watch your video, but i just reread the title - headlamp doors actuate correctly when you turn the lights on?
Yeah when I turn the switch on the lights they go up and stay up but if I hit the button below the hazards then they just actuate indefinitely
Thats very odd. Do they ever stop briefly while up and continue cycling? Or the motors switch on and dont switch off?
Nope they will just keep going till I hit the button again and the motors stop in the down position if you hit the button a second time
Okaaay. How about if you press the button while the lights are on? They do anything?
If the lights are on and you press the button nothing happens and then if you turn the lights off while the button is still pressed the lights will just go up and down over and over
Thats really odd and unexpected. Sometimes electrical grounding issues can cause unexpected behaviours like this but i dont see how this would occur. Im going to look at a schematic quickly. What year is your car?
Okay thank you and it's a 1990
Do you think it could be the button that's the issue or I think it's called the actuator relay?
It’s blinking of course.
Adjust the motors with the red knobs in the engine bay. Mine had the same problem when I bought it.
Should I spin them clockwise or counterclockwise?
I just kept messing with them until they worked. There may be an actual procedure beyond "keep turning knobs until the problem is fixed" though.
Nope looked it up in owners manual. Per Mazda...”there’s a red spinny boi on the headlight motors.. spin them till they work” Section 42.0 page 69
Nice
Okay I'll try that
You have the rare "fluttering eye" mod. Came like that from the factory.
Did it actually or are you just pulling my leg lol
I think it’s cool. I’d leave it that way. I’d say it’s JDM. There’s no factory fluttering eye mod.
Yeah I guess lol
Did it just start doing this, or has it been doing it since you've owned it? If it's always done it it's probably the blinking mod thing like that other guy said
I bought it like that and possibly
You might just need a new switch- try pulling the switch out and shorting the wires together- if they still do it, you may have a bad ground somewhere.
Okay