Headlight door wont open.
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Cruising
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From: Ocean Isle Beach NC
Headlight door wont open.
Hi,
My passenger side headlight opens inconsistently. When I crank up in the garage (I have the twilight on), sometimes it will open and sometimes not. When I pull out, I wait til the the left one closes and the turn them on and back off. they usually worked .But now its getting worse. Any suggestions
My passenger side headlight opens inconsistently. When I crank up in the garage (I have the twilight on), sometimes it will open and sometimes not. When I pull out, I wait til the the left one closes and the turn them on and back off. they usually worked .But now its getting worse. Any suggestions
Le Mans Master
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A little test you can do when the lights come on is go to the right one and turn the manual **** on the top of the motor. If it opens when you turn it to raise then I think maybe your plastic stops might need replacing. Can't remember which way to turn the **** off hand. There are 4 of those stop pads and they should be a white color I believe. I don't have a picture of them otherwise I would show you. They're pretty easy to change. If you hear a grinding from the motor then you will need to replace the gears which is a very common issue and not to bad to change either.
Melting Slicks
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From: Miami FL
If you can hear a noise while opening or closing your headlights, you probably have a broken plastic gear.Get a kit like this one (pay attention because there are 2 different kits: one for "97 to early 2000" and another for "late 2000 to 2004") and follow these step-by-step directions. You'll save money and they will last forever
You might need these as well (the rubber bump stops mentioned above).
There is a TSB, that calls for shimming the driver's side motor. The parts needed for this are included in the above mentioned kit.
Last edited by GCG; Aug 7, 2015 at 10:28 AM.
Instructor
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From: Vancouver BC
Hi,
My passenger side headlight opens inconsistently. When I crank up in the garage (I have the twilight on), sometimes it will open and sometimes not. When I pull out, I wait til the the left one closes and the turn them on and back off. they usually worked .But now its getting worse. Any suggestions
My passenger side headlight opens inconsistently. When I crank up in the garage (I have the twilight on), sometimes it will open and sometimes not. When I pull out, I wait til the the left one closes and the turn them on and back off. they usually worked .But now its getting worse. Any suggestions
Le Mans Master
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From: Columbia SC
If you need to replace the stops here is where you can get them. If they get "indents" in them than they can cause your issue or closing and then popping back up and vise versa.
http://rodneydickman.com/catalog/pro...roducts_id=309
Mr.Sam
http://rodneydickman.com/catalog/pro...roducts_id=309
Mr.Sam
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Cruising
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From: Ocean Isle Beach NC
No motor grinding. Not 100% sure about stops. But check this out. when I cut twilight off, they work everytime using the light switch. Put it back on twilight, and the right did not open last night. I cut the twilight off..and the headlights opened. When I cut twilight off tho, my dash lights went out. So....while the lights were on and opened, I put it back on twilight and my dash lights came back on. Have I thoroughly confused you now?
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Le Mans Master
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When I got my car the HLs worked fine but no dash gauge lights. I had to replace the MF switch to correct it. When using the TS function the input for the dash lights is via another circuit.
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Cruising
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From: Ocean Isle Beach NC
these frigging headlights have more problems than I knew. while checking all the info given above, I noticed the left headlight will not adjust up and down. have sprayed and let sit overnight, still will not adjust. The right one will not adjust side to side. Sprayed it also to no avail. Fixed conversions are looking temptingf