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My Jimny failed it's MOT last week because both of the headlight aims were too low. The tester said he tried to adjust them but was unable to as the adjusters didn't work.
So I took it home, parked next to a wall and fiddled around with the two adjuster bolts on the back of each healight until I thought I had solved it.
Took the car back for a retest today and the headlight aims are still too low.
Do the adjuster mechanisms ever fail, and is there a way to fix them? Replacing the headlights seems a bit drastic.
Also check the bulbs are seated correctly in the reflectors, they should only go in one way but that doesn't mean they haven't been forced in wrong.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
The adjuster in the car seemed to work - the beam moves up and down. I won't know for sure until they test it again with the alignment device. As the MOT bloke tried to adjust the headlights during the test I'd have thought that he would have looked inside for a switch.
There are two bolts on the headlight itself. One at the top and one at the bottom. The ones on top didn't appear to do anything at all
