Headlights won't go down
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Intermediate
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Car starts and kills
Start the car up and runs fine.Start the car as many times as you won't and it will start . Take the key out and put it back in and it will start and kill.Any help would be apprecieated.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2004
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From: Las Vegas Nevada
St. Jude Donor '07-'08
Kinda had the same problem except everyone once in awhile one headlight would not go up. Kept retrying every once in awhile and finally it would go up. Had a few responses to my thread. Someone asked if i could hear the gear spinning. Another said i needed to replace the gear. Or maybe a bad connection. No gear noise, no bad connection, and i don't think it is a gear that needs replacing.
Hope this helps you. Do a search and you should be able to find some more info. Especially on replacing the gear. Good luck...
Hope this helps you. Do a search and you should be able to find some more info. Especially on replacing the gear. Good luck...
Drifting
Joined: May 2000
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From: Southern NH
Originally Posted by speedeb
Have a 2000 corvette,when i turn the lights on the headlights will raise but when i turn them off, they go off but do not go down.Any help would be apprecieated.
When you turn the lights ON, the Dark Green wire is momentarily switched to ground by the control module (+12 on Light Green, Ground on Dark Green) which energizes the headlight motor to open.
Similarly, when you turn the lights OFF, the Light Green wire momentarily switched to ground by the control module (+12 on Dark Green, Ground on Light Green) which energizes the headlight motor to close.
Since both of your headlights are not closing, the problem is either the headlight control module or the headlight switch. Check the connectors on the control module, but chances are since it's receiving the open signal and sending an open signal to the headlights, and the connectors have both the open and close signals in them, the problem is not there. It's likely at the headlight switch.
