Sambo Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Just drove the AE85 home and there's a new issue. The flip up headlights keep going up and down whether the lights are on or not and whether the car is running or not. I.e. I just left the car after driving home, ign off, lights off, headlights winking. When the lights were switched on, the beams worked but kept winking. The battery is definitely poked, it doesn't hold much charge, but is it causing this issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Hmmm. Interesting. I would have said not. But you never know. Has this just started recently? If you know the battery is poked should maybe try changing it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Yeah, I will be changing it. I won't be able to do that until after the weekend though and I was hoping to have a crack at sorting it first if it's not. So you don't think the battery is causing it? It's only started happening in the last couple of days, that I know of. It appears to have happened spontaneously though, like just out of the blue I came in and the battery was dead flat with a headlight up when it had been holding a bit of charge before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpr Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 sounds more like you have a short somewhere, or the switch on the dash is stuffed. the popper wiring is separate to the headlights themselves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Ahhh. Ok. Will need to investigate. I hate wiring. It was a pretty stressful drive home in the dark with no headlights, in a car with the wof and reg 13 years out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambo Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Time to disconnect the battery. It's still winking 2 hours later. Maybe my battery isn't actually buggered and this has been draining it every time I go away. If I can save battery money I can afford to pay someone to fix it for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truenotch Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 When this happens on AW11s it's usually a bung headlight/popup relay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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