How to Adjust the Headlights on a Hyundai Elantra

The headlights on your Hyundai Elantra must be adjusted any time you replace the headlight assembly. The headlights need to be aimed downward on the road, but it's quite easy to misalign them if you do not give yourself a proper reference point. There are two adjustment screws on the top of the headlight housing, next to the frame rail. These screws move two metal discs that adjust the headlight housing assembly.

Things You'll Need

  • Screwdriver
  • Park your Hyundai Elantra 30 feet away from a garage door or a wall so that the headlights are facing the wall or garage.

  • Shine the headlights onto the flat surface.

  • Open the hood and locate the two access holes on the top of the Elantra's headlight housing assembly. Remove the two rubber stoppers, one covering each hole, by pulling them out with your fingers. This will expose the adjustment screws.

  • Turn both screws until the headlight beam shines straight forward and toward the bottom of the flat surface where the garage door or wall meets the ground.