Litronic Leveling Question

[thom4782]

Thanks JD

Problem solved.

I decided to see if the factory Litronics were seated properly and inspect the hardware. I opened the passenger side and noticed only one socket had wires plugged in...the one that snaps into place on the mounting bracket. I didn't give it much thought because the lights seemed to light up, put the unit back in and tried the lights - no change.

For kicks, I took out the driver side assembly and low and behold there was a second cable attached to the unit. So I went back to the passenger side and started feeling around for the missing cable.

Sure enough, it had fallen down behind the assembly. I reattached it, tested the lights and the they tilted. I got out the Durametric, cleared the codes, they stayed cleared, and I was able to activate the three tilt positions. Yippee...

I must have forgotten to reattach the second cable long ago when I changed a bulb and never noticed the difference.

Don't I feel the fool..

[thom4782]

Well, upon further review, problem almost solved.

I have factory Litronics so they are self-leveling as JD pointed out. After I plugged in the passenger side cable, the leveling feature started working once again. With my Durametric, I am able to tilt the lights in all three positions - high, middle, or low.

I assume the default position, that is when the car is stationary on level ground in the garage, is the middle one. My car's default position tilts the lights to high. The front and rear sensor assemblies seem OK, meaning no obvious damage or breakage.

Am I correct that the default position is middle? If so, is this a problem that I need to take to the dealer to have the self leveling function re-programmed? If there is a way to reprogram it using the Durametric, I haven't figured out how to do that.

Thanks

[thom4782]

Problem solved and who would have guessed what the solution was...

I moved two years ago and tried an independent shop closer to where I live now. Apparently, the local shop disconnected the rear level sensor and re-installed it so the sensor lever was 180 degrees off from its car level position. In essence, they put it in backwards so the car always thought it was in a nose down position. This tilted the low beams up to their highest angle.

I found this out this morning when I took the car back to the old shop and they put it up on the lift. After re-positioning the sensor lever, the litronics are working properly once again. Needless to say, I won't be using the local guys again.