high beam control won't stay engaged
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Johnny Mullet, et all. Ok, I'm the idiot. Yes, that was the correction. The odd thing is I bought this car pre-owned in October. It worked fine and then one day one of of my headlamps went dead only to work again after a manual adjustment. That's when I noticed the high-beam issue. I must have adjusted the light switch at that time. Now I can sleep at night!
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ditto
2006 S60 2.5T 38K - I just got it a few weeks ago.
I had the same problem... flash to pass worked, I read the manual "pull the control back to position 4"... OK I did that over and over... Then I called my buddy the service manager at the local Volvo dealership... He laughed and said they get this call all the time from new and used car owners.
So far this is the worst thing I could find to bitch about.
Oh yea the radio kicked my butt for about a week also...
D
I had the same problem... flash to pass worked, I read the manual "pull the control back to position 4"... OK I did that over and over... Then I called my buddy the service manager at the local Volvo dealership... He laughed and said they get this call all the time from new and used car owners.
So far this is the worst thing I could find to bitch about.
Oh yea the radio kicked my butt for about a week also...
D
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xc902009 (04-03-2024)
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Don't feel bad. I was fooled at first, too. The "problem" besides my ignoance, is that Volvo DRL's are simply the low beams so the driver has no automatic way to know that he's driving on the DRL's instead of "normal" low beams. There's no incentive to turn that light switch clockwise unless you want the running/parking lights on or the high beams.
Life was easier when the high beams were controlled by a toe-operated switch on the floorboard! (Anybody else old enough to have used those?)
Life was easier when the high beams were controlled by a toe-operated switch on the floorboard! (Anybody else old enough to have used those?)
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Hidden headlamps were introduced in 1936, on the Cord 810. They were mounted in the front fenders, which were smooth until the lights were cranked out, each with its own small dash-mounted crank. They aided aerodynamics when the headlamps were not in use, and were among the Cord's signature design features.
Many notable cars used this feature, but no current volume-produced car models use hidden headlamps, because they present difficulties in complying with pedestrian-protection provisions recently added to international auto safety regulations, and because the mechanisms are costly and heavy. Hidden headlamps require one or more vacuum-operated servos and reservoirs, with associated plumbing and linkage, or electric motors, geartrains and linkages to raise the lamps to an exact position to assure correct aiming despite ice, snow and age.
Many notable cars used this feature, but no current volume-produced car models use hidden headlamps, because they present difficulties in complying with pedestrian-protection provisions recently added to international auto safety regulations, and because the mechanisms are costly and heavy. Hidden headlamps require one or more vacuum-operated servos and reservoirs, with associated plumbing and linkage, or electric motors, geartrains and linkages to raise the lamps to an exact position to assure correct aiming despite ice, snow and age.
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High beams WILL STAY ON !Turn the control **** to up and down position first then it
UP AND DOWN !NOT DIAGNOL OR LEFT TO RIGHT. UP AND DOWN !!UP AND DOWN!!p
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High beams WILL STAY ON !Turn the control **** to up and down position first then it
UP AND DOWN !NOT DIAGNOL OR LEFT TO RIGHT. UP AND DOWN !!UP AND DOWN!!turn the l
headlight dial to UP and down first
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It's a strange setup. Once you manually turn the headlight on with the dial the high beam will stay engaged when you pull the blinker arm towards you.
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Perfect fix for full beam not staying engaged
Wish I knew this ages ago... everydays a school day
Thank you soo much
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