# Headlight not flipping up

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlight-not-flipping-up/140306>\
**Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\
**Created:** [October 13, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlight-not-flipping-up/140306 "2005-10-13T12:03:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![CA18DET-180SX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@CA18DET-180SX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CA18DET-180SX)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlight-not-flipping-up/140306/1 "2005-10-13T12:03:47Z")

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My left hand headlight won’t flip up anymore. I went out to my car after work one time and turned on my headlights and the right side came up fine but I heard like a clunk or bang and now my left headlight will just flop around. It tries to go up but only opens about an inch then stays down. I can lift it up to full open but when I let go it just falls down again, can anyone help me on this?

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**Author:** ![Dynamo7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Dynamo7](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dynamo7)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlight-not-flipping-up/140306/2 "2005-10-13T16:44:48Z")

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something broke :rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Apexi240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Apexi240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Apexi240)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlight-not-flipping-up/140306/3 "2005-10-13T20:08:54Z")

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Sounds like the rod that connects the motor to the light came off/broke. Lift up the light by hand and look in the corner by where the motor is and you will see the rod has disconnected, I can put money on it.

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**Author:** ![CA18DET-180SX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@CA18DET-180SX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/CA18DET-180SX)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2005, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlight-not-flipping-up/140306/4 "2005-10-15T07:29:06Z")

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Yup sure enough, I’m glad it was just a simple matter of snapping it back on.