C5 headlight growl
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16
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You have to be kidding me. Your actually considering modifying your headlights to eliminate a noise they make for .25 of a second when they go down?
Dude - thats nuts!
Dude - thats nuts!
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Joined: Jul 2001
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From: Ocean Springs MS
Well, since the "growl" means the gears are stripping, and the headlight will soon stop functioning, YEAH!!!! I took mine to the dealer, showed them this, and they replaced the motor under warannty, with no questions
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From: Southern California
Yes, that's the gears. Rodney Dickman's brass gears are great, I haven't heard or read anything negative about them.
I have them in my headlight assemblies, installed them when I put in my high-wattage headlight kit and glass lenses.
Kinda hard to believe that such a typical problem isn't addressed with a better solution that replacing the whole motor actuator, which just breaks gears again after a few years. Oh yeah, it's The General we're dealing with here.
I have them in my headlight assemblies, installed them when I put in my high-wattage headlight kit and glass lenses.
Kinda hard to believe that such a typical problem isn't addressed with a better solution that replacing the whole motor actuator, which just breaks gears again after a few years. Oh yeah, it's The General we're dealing with here.
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Joined: Jan 2005
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From: Raleigh Nc
yea i just ordered me a set of gears- one went out befor soo i put in a new plastic gear and that one broke 2 days later 
and now my other headlight is also makeing noice and it just gave out last night (wont even come up 
-- im guessing these metal onces should help -- it gets kinda annoying i ususally just turn the headlights off befor i shut my engine and the a radio off soo i dont have to hear it lol--
and now my other headlight is also makeing noice and it just gave out last night (wont even come up -- im guessing these metal onces should help -- it gets kinda annoying i ususally just turn the headlights off befor i shut my engine and the a radio off soo i dont have to hear it lol--
