Hello,
so, i have xenons, and they are supposed to be autolevelling.
Now, with the changes to the MOT rules this year, they have to be working else its a failure
Lighting
Products on the lens or light source that obviously reduce the light's intensity or change its colour will become a reason for failure – applies to front/rear position lamps, registration plate lamps, stop lamps, rear fog and direction indicators,
Headlight requirements are updated to take account of the particular characteristics of High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps.
HID headlights can cause dazzle if they are dirty or aimed too high so car manufacturers must fit headlamp cleaning and levelling systems. Where HID or LED dipped beam headlamps are fitted the tester will switch on the headlamps and check the operation of any headlamp levelling and cleaning devices fitted.
The car will fail if a headlamp levelling or cleaning device is inoperative or otherwise obviously defective.
If a headlamp bulb is not seated correctly the resulting beam pattern will be indistinct and this will result in a test fail.
Am i right in saying that when the lights first ignite, they are supposed to move up and down then level. This has never happened to my car, not once. so i'm getting a bit worried.
where is the best place to start diagnosing this?
thanks!
Rajiv
so, i have xenons, and they are supposed to be autolevelling.
Now, with the changes to the MOT rules this year, they have to be working else its a failure
Lighting
Products on the lens or light source that obviously reduce the light's intensity or change its colour will become a reason for failure – applies to front/rear position lamps, registration plate lamps, stop lamps, rear fog and direction indicators,
Headlight requirements are updated to take account of the particular characteristics of High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps.
HID headlights can cause dazzle if they are dirty or aimed too high so car manufacturers must fit headlamp cleaning and levelling systems. Where HID or LED dipped beam headlamps are fitted the tester will switch on the headlamps and check the operation of any headlamp levelling and cleaning devices fitted.
The car will fail if a headlamp levelling or cleaning device is inoperative or otherwise obviously defective.
If a headlamp bulb is not seated correctly the resulting beam pattern will be indistinct and this will result in a test fail.
Am i right in saying that when the lights first ignite, they are supposed to move up and down then level. This has never happened to my car, not once. so i'm getting a bit worried.
where is the best place to start diagnosing this?
thanks!
Rajiv
