S13 Headlights

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Jdmstyles
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Car: My S13 took a crap on me.

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Unlike the emblamatical pop-up headlight button, mine is malfunctioning.

Anwyho here's the problem, and yes i've used that search button quite a bit but none really helped or was relatively similar.

I re-wired the brown wire as I found it cut when i bought it. But the problem is when i press it, it goes up and drops down instantly.

As for the headlight switch, the light comes on but the headlight itself wont pop up. However, when i press the headlight button it goes up and stays up. Furthermore, when i hit the high beam the light will go up then back down, unless i turn on the light switch then press the high beam.

I thought if I rewired the brown wire i can press it and have the light pop up but with the light off.

I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this as I'm new to eletrical stuff.

Any insights guys?


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unibody_s13
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Car: s13 blacktop

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maybe the pop up motor is bad... mine is acting weird too but i can stil tolerate it but im planning to replace the motor soon.
Jdmstyles wrote:Unlike the emblamatical pop-up headlight button, mine is malfunctioning.

Anwyho here's the problem, and yes i've used that search button quite a bit but none really helped or was relatively similar.

I re-wired the brown wire as I found it cut when i bought it. But the problem is when i press it, it goes up and drops down instantly.

As for the headlight switch, the light comes on but the headlight itself wont pop up. However, when i press the headlight button it goes up and stays up. Furthermore, when i hit the high beam the light will go up then back down, unless i turn on the light switch then press the high beam.

I thought if I rewired the brown wire i can press it and have the light pop up but with the light off.

I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this as I'm new to eletrical stuff.

Any insights guys?

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Jdmstyles
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Car: My S13 took a crap on me.

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Well I assume if the pop up motor is bad it wouldnt go up or something in that matter.

Mine however goes up everytime, I just have to use the high beam or push button.

The only thing wrong with the button is that with the lgihts turned off, it wont stay up unlitted.


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