Headlight won't go high up enough

[GlanzaAtHeart]

Hi there team,

Facing a new issue I can't find too much info about on the internet...

My driver's side headlight won't sit up high enough. However, I only noticed this because one day when i turned the car off, closed, the headlight sat too high up.

Now the headlight is at the highest adjustment point, and it still a good 50-100mm lower than the passenger side. You can't even see the housing properly.

Would anyone know what causes this issue?

[GDII]

Faulty motor?

[GlanzaAtHeart]

Faulty motor?

I can only assume so right?
That's another thing to add to the list of need to buy haha

[GDII]

It could be the limit switch?

[GlanzaAtHeart]

It could be the limit switch?

Is that on the motor itself? That would make sense and it's hitting an odd limit.

Could also be the relay possibly? But I doubt this since it operates anyway.

[Trotbags]

Just saw this as I was searching about a very similar problem - my Yellow SW20 came in pieces and when I fitted both front headlight assemblies they both sat too high. Yesterday I was trying to figure out why and ended up unbolting one of them and moved it about as I tried to see if it was caught up on anything. I couldn't see anything and rebolted it in - and it now sits flush. No idea what I did but I will do the same on the other side and see if I can get that seated properly too.

Did you end up figuring yours out?

[GlanzaAtHeart]

I haven't. I bought a replacement motor and headlight unit.

I'll replace it tomorrow (been lazy I guess), now that I have some more time with lockdown.

I'll update tomorrow

[GlanzaAtHeart]

Update today.

Solved by changing the headlight. After a fair amount of fitting work as the headlight wouldn't fit. Then adjusted it. And it was fine.