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Old Oct 4, 2019 | 08:22 PM
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I’d appreciate any advice to fix my left headlight that won’t pop up. Not sure if it’s the motor, gears or fuse.
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Check this Thread for some suggestions. Post 1 has a more detailed description of problem and Post 2 a solution.

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How do I manually make the light pop up? I have to have the car inspected and I doubt it will pass with the left light closed.
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How do I manually make the light pop up?...
Open the hood and take a look at the headlight motors. In the rear end of each motor there's a rubber cap. Remove it, and below the cap there's a ****. With the headlighs OFF, manually rotate the **** until the headlight door just begins to open and then go and switch the headlights ON.

If doing that results in both headlights opening as they should, you probably just need new bump stops. Check the link I gave you above to Post 2 in that other thread for more details and for links to purchase the bump stops.
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I manually rotated the **** and the headlight door opened. I then turned on the switch and both headlights popped up. They also retracted when turned off.
This solved my issue temporarily. Now, I'll look further for a permanent solution.
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Originally Posted by pdhj1990
I manually rotated the **** and the headlight door opened. I then turned on the switch and both headlights popped up. They also retracted when turned off.
This solved my issue temporarily. Now, I'll look further for a permanent solution.
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I'm glad my suggestion worked! I gave you a potential permanent solution in the second link from my first post, and then again in Post 4 above. Click here to read it, in case you missed them.

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