So the auto leveling isn't some motorized mechanism as I heard hear on youtube from an owner, it's just a simple linkage to the tie rods? Can you just set it to one level and keep it there, bypass the tie rod linkage? What is the default 'attitude' of the lights if linkage is broken or disconnected?
Well the headlights themselves are motorized. The linkage in the back adjust a sensor which then sends a signal up to the headlights to adjust the angle based on how much weight you have on the back of the car. So essentially if you put three adults in the back of the car it’s gonna tip the headlights down to keep them at the proper angle. I guess if you were so inclined you could disconnect the linkage and somehow try to wire the sensor in to one spot and be done with it. The reason I did this fix is because my daughter kept saying she was getting flashed going down the road with her low beams on. That’s when I discovered that the linkage was broke and I made this fix.
@@rakun1212 Thanks, makes sense. I'm looking for a Lexus, if it has this feature I might be looking into seeing them set for 'straight and level' since it's pretty much me driving solo, and then pull the fuse, and see if that doesn't set it in the one attitude that I need. I don't like the idea of suddenly having to figure out how to replace a motor that goes bad in the middle of the night should one fail with headlight pointing straight up lol, or full up.
Well the car went down to Nashville for a few years but is back in Michigan now. It has just been parked for the last year outside. I’ll try and get a picture of it or do a short follow up video to see how it held up. Stay tuned.
Doesn’t this seem so complicated and overdone? I mean, tiny phones have level sensors in them. Why Didn’t they use a tiny electronic thing instead of linkages with brackets and arms etc.
that wouldn't work, imagine you were driving uphill..your headlights would be pointing at the ground! This keeps the lights level relative to the car not the ground
So the auto leveling isn't some motorized
mechanism as I heard hear on youtube from
an owner, it's just a simple linkage to the tie rods?
Can you just set it to one level and keep it there,
bypass the tie rod linkage? What is the default
'attitude' of the lights if linkage is broken or disconnected?
Well the headlights themselves are motorized. The linkage in the back adjust a sensor which then sends a signal up to the headlights to adjust the angle based on how much weight you have on the back of the car. So essentially if you put three adults in the back of the car it’s gonna tip the headlights down to keep them at the proper angle. I guess if you were so inclined you could disconnect the linkage and somehow try to wire the sensor in to one spot and be done with it. The reason I did this fix is because my daughter kept saying she was getting flashed going down the road with her low beams on. That’s when I discovered that the linkage was broke and I made this fix.
@@rakun1212 Thanks, makes sense.
I'm looking for a Lexus, if it has this
feature I might be looking into seeing
them set for 'straight and level' since
it's pretty much me driving
solo, and then
pull the fuse, and see if that doesn't
set it in the one attitude that I need.
I don't like the idea of suddenly having
to figure out how to replace a motor
that goes bad in the middle of the night
should one fail with headlight pointing
straight up lol, or full up.
Let me know how it goes. It will Be interesting to see what the headlight motor does if you do pull the fuse.
@@rakun1212 Will do...
How is it holding up? I have to do this on my car.
Well the car went down to Nashville for a few years but is back in Michigan now. It has just been parked for the last year outside. I’ll try and get a picture of it or do a short follow up video to see how it held up. Stay tuned.
@@rakun1212 Thank you.
Well the car is 19 years old. Not sure what technology they had available back then.
Doesn’t this seem so complicated and overdone? I mean, tiny phones have level sensors in them. Why
Didn’t they use a tiny electronic thing instead of linkages with brackets and arms etc.
that wouldn't work, imagine you were driving uphill..your headlights would be pointing at the ground! This keeps the lights level relative to the car not the ground