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"Check right dipped beam". But only now and then? Weird problem.

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YOUR RESEARCH"Check right dipped beam". But only now and then? Weird problem.

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Use some electrical contact cleaner (maf cleaner is also fine)

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) and I don't have Xenon (HIDs) - but - I'd try using the tool in the tool kit to remove the headlight from the fender, use some electrical contact cleaner (MAF cleaner is also fine) on both sides of the connector for the headlight and then put it back in.
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Use tool in the tool kit

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) and I don't have Xenon (HIDs) - but - I'd try using the tool in the tool kit to remove the headlight from the fender, use some electrical contact cleaner (MAF cleaner is also fine) on both sides of the connector for the headlight and then put it back in.
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Use some electrical contact cleaner (maf cleaner is also fine)

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) and I don't have Xenon (HIDs) - but - I'd try using the tool in the tool kit to remove the headlight from the fender, use some electrical contact cleaner (MAF cleaner is also fine) on both sides of the connector for the headlight and then put it back in.
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"Check right dipped beam". But only now and then? Weird problem.

Use tool in the tool kit

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) and I don't have Xenon (HIDs) - but - I'd try using the tool in the tool kit to remove the headlight from the fender, use some electrical contact cleaner (MAF cleaner is also fine) on both sides of the connector for the headlight and then put it back in.
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POST 1Original post

I can't discern any pattern but every now and then I get the labeled message. A few years ago I had the same problem. Can't remember for sure but think you were turning the main light with the associated tool "for low beam adjustment" in the front fender. It's Xenon and can it be the head light motor connector or just a backlash contact for the bulb? It can't be the bulb it self due it's working between the error messages which become more and more often. Is this a problem other Cayman 987 owner has encountered? Thanks in advance//PC

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I'm not a Cayman owner ( Boxster ) and I don't have Xenon (HIDs) - but - I'd try using the tool in the tool kit to remove the headlight from the fender, use some electrical contact cleaner (MAF cleaner is also fine) on both sides of the connector for the headlight and then put it back in. I haven't heard of any wiring failures in the 987 headlights, but I guess there's always a first time. Start with the simple stuff first - if that doesn't work - come back and we'll talk about Porsche diagnostic tools.

POST 3Original post

Do you have litronic? The headlight leveling system. It employs a sensor on the rear suspension to detect ride height and adjust how high or low the headlights are. I'm not sure how it works at the headlights, but there has to be a motor and position sensor there. If you have that option, maybe it's a malfunction in that motor/sensor on that side.

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