Ever since I had the car, when I would turn the key to the first position, xenons would make a noise and that's it. I though it was normal because all worked well. I was talking to a guy who has a C5 first gen with xenons and said that mine made a rattling noise. His on the other hand don't. That got me thinking, why do mine rattle then, is something broken?
To check what's happening when they initialise, I've set up my camera to record them.
As seen in the video, when they get to the inner position, noise starts and projectors visibly judder as if they're hitting an obstacle or a limiter. Further examination and research got me a picture of the azimuth motors. They are connected to the projectors via a steel cable which seems to have an oval ring on it.
So, should I be nervous about the juddering and should I unscrew the torx holding the cable and move the projector outwards a bit so it doesn't "hit the limiter" any more?
Also, could someone with C4 I and xenons please listen to theirs if they make the same noise. Also, if you could turn the dipped beam on before switching the ignition so you could look at the beam pattern on the wall and see if it shakes/judders?
I'd be very grateful for that
Here's a video of my headlamps and here's a photo of the azimuth motor and the cable.
