RED SHARK 1990

When the light switch is turned on, the lights popped up, and when i turned off the ignitition the lights stay up. They will not go down and i have to manually lowered the lights. Could it be that the motor is going bad and not be able to lower the lights?? All the clips are on the bar as suggested in the past forums...Any suggestions?? Thanks

neilh

Luan, sounds like a bad relay and / or ignition switch....
What was the engine locked problem - inquiring minds want to know !

RED SHARK 1990

We don't know why the engine was lock, any how its running and we are hoping all goes well. Ignition switch? If that is the problem,do you have to remove the pod??? Man what a pain this car is...

Speedtoys

its not that bad, just old.

It's part of the fun...I keep reminding myself.

SanDiego928

Am I missing something? The lights are supposed to stay up when the ignition is turned off if the light switch is not turned off first. It is late and I am tired.

M. Requin

^what he said. If you don't have an owner's manual download one now, there are a lot of little things the car does that are not necessarily intuitive...

WallyP

If the motor will raise the lights, it is OK.

The problem is much more likely to be in the headlamp relay, or possibly in the electrical contacts in the end of the motor/gearbox. A couple of folks have reported that they were able to clean the contacts inside the headlamp relay. The contacts inside the motor/gearbox can be cleaned and lubricated.

Mongo

RELAY RELAY RELAY

Mine did the exact same thing until I changed the headlight relay

Schocki

Yep absolutely right the 928 is not a 944. The 944 lowers the lights regardless of the position of the ignition switch.

neilh

Absolutely correct - if they do not go down when you turn the headlights switch to off, with the ignition on, then that's a relay problem!

SanDiego928

I want to know if i may have accidentially been correct for once. Or is it the relay.

neilh

Mark, you are correct -
On both my cars here in the garage, if the headlights are up and on when you turn off the ignition they stay up, but off. If you turn the headlight switch to off they do not go down until you turn the ignition key to the position just before start. If you leave the headlamp switch in the up position, they come back on when the ignition is in the position before start.
I'm going with the relay.....

RED SHARK 1990

Damn that relay cost is 125.00,,,i guess i have to suck it up...

neilh

Luan, if you want to get a second opinion and some electrical trouble shooting LMK. I have a lot of test gear and we can verify before you buy a relay.

Rob Edwards

Luan, if you do need a relay, here's a used alternative:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1991-Porsche...ht_1653wt_1393