Manual Headlamp Leveling Control (If Fitted)

The manual headlamp leveling control is only available on vehicles with coil spring suspension and is used to lower the headlamps when an excessive load is placed on the rear of the vehicle, altering the vehicle attitude and raising the headlamp beam.

The control uses a rotary thumbwheel which is connected to a rheostat which gives a variable output to the leveling Direct Current (DC) motors. The motors respond to the output and move to adjust the headlamp position as required.

The control has three marked positions; 0 to 3. The rotary wheel moves in 6, half positions to give fine adjustment control over the headlamp position. The positions relate to vehicle loading or driving conditions as follows: Position 0 is the normal position for unladen driving. Positions 1 to 3 lower the headlamp beam to compensate for a drop in height of the rear of the vehicle.

• 0 = Driver only or driver and front seat passenger
• 0.5 = Driver, front seat passenger
• 1 = All seats occupied
• 1.5 = All seats occupied and maximum rear axle loading
• 2 = Driver only and maximum rear axle loading
• 3 = Can be used under certain driving conditions, i.e. off-road