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Old Nov 4, 2003 | 11:16 PM
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Default Headlight will not go down!!! HELP!!!

My headlight all the sudden up and died on me today. It came up fine with no problems.. Then I go to turn the lights off and the driver's side light stays up... No clicking or clanking sound(like when the gears are stripped).. But there is a FAINT whinning sound(as if the motor is still running)... And if you play with the headlight itself, there is no slop in the rotation(as if a gear was rounded out)... So what could this lovely predicament indicate? Please and thank you in advance.
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Old Nov 5, 2003 | 11:09 AM
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I'm thinking bad bushings in the motor or, believe it or not, possibly bad alternator or battery. If you don't have enough juice to do the job, all kinds of things might act up, including your motors.

Let us know what you discover :yesnod:
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Old Nov 5, 2003 | 02:02 PM
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Default Re: Headlight will not go down!!! HELP!!! (brdd)

I'm thinking bad bushings in the motor or, believe it or not, possibly bad alternator or battery. If you don't have enough juice to do the job, all kinds of things might act up, including your motors.

Let us know what you discover :yesnod:
I have a new battery and alternator... The freakiest thing happend though.. Today i drove home from work with the lights ON and I went to turn them off and the bad headlight WENT DOWN on its own!?! :confused: I haven't tried to see if it'll go up or down now.. but whats up with that??
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