# Headlights go up but won’t come back down

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlights-go-up-but-won-t-come-back-down/143097>\
**Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\
**Created:** [June 27, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlights-go-up-but-won-t-come-back-down/143097 "2006-06-27T16:32:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![dnl61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@dnl61](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dnl61)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlights-go-up-but-won-t-come-back-down/143097/1 "2006-06-27T16:32:03Z")

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I can adjust my headlights down manually and then go back into the car and push the button and they go up but wont go back down unless I go and adjust it manually again. Do I need new motors or could it be something else? I have checked the fuse under the dash and it is fine.

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**Author:** ![DeathBy240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/258eb7/32.png) [@DeathBy240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathBy240)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlights-go-up-but-won-t-come-back-down/143097/2 "2006-06-27T21:00:09Z")

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Did the previous owner install the sleepy eye mod?

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**Author:** ![dnl61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@dnl61](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dnl61)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlights-go-up-but-won-t-come-back-down/143097/3 "2006-06-27T23:13:26Z")

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^^ Not that i could see.

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**Author:** ![Orzel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/85e7bf/32.png) [@Orzel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orzel)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlights-go-up-but-won-t-come-back-down/143097/4 "2006-06-28T01:08:24Z")

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If you like “double click” the headlight button really fast twice, does it go down a bit of the way and stop?

If so the previous owner has severed the motor wire(brown if I remember) by doing the cheap sleepy eye mod. You can fully pull the button out of the socket, and just resoder/tape the wire back together.

If that aint it, then I dunno.

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**Author:** ![TyPhOOn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/typhoon/32/5800_2.png) [@TyPhOOn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TyPhOOn)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlights-go-up-but-won-t-come-back-down/143097/5 "2006-06-28T09:00:57Z")

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I remember that mod soo many years ago on mark and andys old cars …hahahaah cut the wire and tap the button 😛 or just unplug them but they reset

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**Author:** ![dnl61](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@dnl61](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dnl61)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlights-go-up-but-won-t-come-back-down/143097/6 "2006-06-28T11:41:26Z")

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I took the button off and it didnt look like the wire was cut.

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**Author:** ![JVD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@JVD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JVD)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/headlights-go-up-but-won-t-come-back-down/143097/7 "2006-06-28T18:14:14Z")

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I’m pretty sure it’s the headlight motor fuse(5 amp IIRC). It’s in the fusebox in the kick panel. It’s either burned out or someone removed it(another form of the sleepy eye mod).

Hope that solves it.