One "EYE" won't open ?
Thread Starter
Instructor
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 106
Likes: 0
One "EYE" won't open ?
My '98 vert's driver's side headlight won't open on it's own but the lamp is on - I can open it manually with the **** though. I replaced battery and it was ok for a few weeks, now it's acting up again. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance guys.
Administrator
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 368,319
Likes: 24,777
From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '25
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
Perhaps the headlight gear or the motor has gone bad?
Race Director
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 19,304
Likes: 85
From: San Diego CA
Instructor
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 227
Likes: 2
From: Arkansas
cesssna10
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 1,391
Likes: 47
From: Big Canoe Ga
One benefit of getting older, dont like to
drive at night so avoid it like the plague,
therefore lights never get turned on.
drive at night so avoid it like the plague,
therefore lights never get turned on.
Last edited by cessna10; Jul 18, 2012 at 04:26 PM. Reason: spelling
Race Director
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 15,763
Likes: 3,281
From: Phoenix area, AZ
Mine does the same thing, it works sometimes and others it doesn't. It's not the gear and I tried oiling it, but so far I haven't figured out the problem.
Pro
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 631
Likes: 0
From: Rockville MD
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
10 Reasons the C6 Z06 is Still A Performance Benchmark After 20 Years
Joe Kucinski
How Much Horsepower Every Corvette Engine "LOST" in 1972
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 DOs and DON'Ts for Protecting Your Convertible Top!
Michael S. Palmer
Top 10 Most Explosive Corvettes Ever Made: Power-to-Weight Ratio Ranked!
Joe Kucinski
150 hp to 1,250 hp: Every Corvette Generation Compared by the Specs That Matter
Joe Kucinski
8 Coolest Corvette Pace Cars (and Replicas) of All Time
Verdad Gallardo
Race Director
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 12,413
Likes: 502
From: Rio Rancho NM
If your gear is bad you will hear it. Do you here grinding? If it is then its the gear and being a 98 I'm surprised it hasn't happened. Another thing is pull the healight module out and clean the connectors they may be corroded or the module is going out. If not those two look into your healight switch/stalk those go out a lot I can guarantee it will be one of those three
Race Director
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 15,763
Likes: 3,281
From: Phoenix area, AZ
If your gear is bad you will hear it. Do you here grinding? If it is then its the gear and being a 98 I'm surprised it hasn't happened. Another thing is pull the healight module out and clean the connectors they may be corroded or the module is going out. If not those two look into your healight switch/stalk those go out a lot I can guarantee it will be one of those three
Advanced
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 84
Likes: 0
From: Lockport NY
Check to see if the 2" cam bolt is in place. I had same thing happen to me a week ago and got the gear rebuild kit and redid both when I discovered the the retaining gromet on the cambolt slid off. I guess it needed to be done sooner or later anyway
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2002
Posts: 223
Likes: 0
From: Spokane Wa
Drivers side headlight some times opens.
I have a 02 zo6 and the drivers side comes up almost every time during the day. And almost never comes up on the first 3-4 tries at night.
It has become a family joke that the car is afraid of the dark.
I have cleaned and checked the connections over and over. After I work on it. The motor works fine for a while. Evetually, it stops working. If I unplug and replug the connector. it usually works. Sometimes I have to jiggle or tap the motor and then it works.
Short of replacing the motor. I have become very fruastrated with this.
It has become a family joke that the car is afraid of the dark.
I have cleaned and checked the connections over and over. After I work on it. The motor works fine for a while. Evetually, it stops working. If I unplug and replug the connector. it usually works. Sometimes I have to jiggle or tap the motor and then it works.
Short of replacing the motor. I have become very fruastrated with this.