Head light not well fixed

[McgR]

I was washing my car today and the right head light was moving a bit when drying it with a towel. The left is not doing this.

I have a humming resonating sound between 35 and 60 kmh in all drive modes and both in first and second gear.
It appears that road surface has an influence in the volume but the frequency is always te same. In my search of a source for the sound I thought of the gearbox but shouldn’t it only be present in first or second? Or maybe it is the front gearbox. But then it should stop when driving slowly at a steady speed because than decouples the front engine.

Stabilized it with some cardboard. Looks great ?but doesn’t move anymore. I will ask them to fix this when it goes back in to fi

By the way, I presume the moving parts of the headlights are inside the glass and not the complete unit.

I will have a drive later to hear what happens with the humming.

Anyone else noticed this?

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[McgR]

The sound is still present but seems less. Maybe just wishful thinking. Will do some more testing tomorrow.

 

[Moonstone]

There’s two screws that hold the headlight in place. Either one or both are loose or the headlight hasn’t been properly fitted at the factory before the screws have been tightened.

Wheel and arch liner need to come out to gain access. I’d get the dealer to sort it. Will take them an hour max.

 

[McgR]

There’s two screws that hold the headlight in place. Either one or both are loose or the headlight hasn’t been properly fitted at the factory before the screws have been tightened.

Wheel and arch liner need to come out to gain access. I’d get the dealer to sort it. Will take them an hour max.

Thx! Was looking under hood but couldn’t find any screws.

 

[Moonstone]

Thx! Was looking under hood but couldn’t find any screws.

The headlight slides in place from the rear and there’s two screws at the back underside that secure it in place.

 

[McgR]

The headlight slides in place from the rear and there’s two screws at the back underside that secure it in place.

My car was in to fix the door handles. Also asked them to tighten the bolts. Picked it up. Still moving. Asked what happened and they said the head light unit just slides in and is fixed without screws or bolts. And they didn’t see what I was talking about. Thought I may have misread these two answers. When home checked YouTube and this confirmed of course two bolts that fix the unit. They think they can sell you any BS.

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