Head Lights

[bama240]

For some ungody reason the Head Lights on my 1990 240sx stopped going down.  I can crank them down at the motor, and then mash the button on the inside of the car, or turn head lights on and they will come back up, but they will not retracked.  Any Ideas??

[drifterx]

the motor on the head light is either shot or your connection on one of the wires is not connected......
but if both comes up and both dont go down... i would then say it is a connection.... the connection loose would be the one that controls them going down....

[bama240]

Thats what I am thinking also.  But I do not know we to look for connectoins.  All the wires for the plugs make good.  The one thing that I did see was some relays.  2 relays that say "H/D RET" and one that says "H/D RET DOWN".  I am going to try looking at them later.  Got to go work on my dirt track car now.  Are there any fuses that would control this?  They were working fine.  Then one day it was ranning, and they would not go down ever sense.

[drifterx]

if the fuses are blown your headlights shouldnt go up...
maybe the relays.... when u turn off the lights the head light does not go down? when u hit the flip switch- does it go up? and hit is again, does it go down?

if both does not go down then it would be somewhere that controls the down..... check the reply, and follow the wires and test the wires that makes it go down.... i forgot which one was what

[MyFirst240SX]

Sorry if this has already been answered but here is something i just found
From www.240SX.org   the Faqs section
My Headlights are Stuck Up!

Sheen S. Levine writes: My headlights were stuck in the up position, even when they are turned off and sois the engine. Ever faced something similar? What did you do?

Answer

There is that pesky light switch on the left side of the steering wheel. If you push it, your headlights will go up and not turn on. In your case, try pushing it and seeing if it makes your headlights go down. If not, here’s what the manual says:

Manual Operation of Headlight Doors:

1.- Turn OFF both headlight switch and retractable headlight switch.
2.- Disconnect the battery negative terminal.
3.- Look for the motors that drive the headlights. They're round and tucked up against the front of the engine compartment and next to the headlight
4.- Remove the motor shaft cap.
5.- Turn the motor counterclockwise BY HAND until the headlights open or close.
6.- Reinstall the motor shaft cap and connect the battery cable.

Let us know if this gets your headlights closed. There is not much involved in this system. It's either the motor, the linkage, or the switch.

Regards,
A&W
'91 s13