headlights making a weird noise

Andr3w · 19 Oct 2007 at 12:55

i have a fiesta mk6, i went out in it last night and when i put the headlights on the front left (from sitting in the driving seat) is making a weird noise.

It sounds like there is a belt been spun round inside the headlamp unit, when i put my hand on the light i can feel it vibrating.

Anybody heard of this before? When i put the site lights on, no noise, headlights there is this noise, and when i put the big beam on the noise doesnt get anyworse it just stays the same.

Muffin` · 19 Oct 2007 at 12:58

Can you point your lights downwards (forget whats its called)? Motor maybe jammed.

Andr3w · 19 Oct 2007 at 13:05

there is a 'wheel thing' i can turn to change where they point, three settings 1 2 3. I will try later, but i wouldnt have thought that would be it. The noise started randomly and i didnt touch the settings so the motor wouldnt have been in use?

BigglesPiP · 19 Oct 2007 at 15:35

If you have electrically adjustable beam hight then it's almost certainly this causing the noise/vibration.

But I have seen stranger things, the switch on the stork for my sidelights turned itself into a crude speaker on my 1st car.

Dogbreath · 19 Oct 2007 at 15:54

BigglesPiP said:
But I have seen stranger things, the switch on the stork for my sidelights turned itself into a crude speaker on my 1st car.

You have one of these in your car?

Dogbreath · 19 Oct 2007 at 15:58

As a more useful post, I have had bulbs that make odd squealing noises before, shortly before they fail. Are they separate main/dip lamps in the Fiesta? If so then unplug the dipped lamp and see if the noise stops.

BigglesPiP · 19 Oct 2007 at 18:08

Dogbreath said:
You have one of these in your car?

It sounded like there was one in the dashboard whenever I turned the lights on.