ARGH Headlight Issue HELP PLEASE ASAP
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ARGH Headlight Issue HELP PLEASE ASAP
ok so since i bought the car 6 months ago whenever i would turn the headlights off it made a grinding noise for 5-6 seconds... I took it back to the dealership and they replaced the driver side headlight motor. Turned the headlights on/off and once again it made the same noise. the jackasses replaced the wrong one.
Anyways they said that because they already covered one I would have to pay for the other passenger side headlight motor. Well, i put off on it till now. Now when the headlights drop, not only does the passenger headlight grind but now the drivers side headlight drops and then pops halfway up and sticks there... so everytime i turn off the headlights and get out of the car i have to listen to a grinding noise from one side of the car and then pop the hood and manually lower the drivers side ... are both motors bad now? if so why would a new motor on the drivers side go bad so quck?
I plan on buying the brass headlight gear motors from that fiero website guy but I just want to make sure those are the problem and if theres anything else that could be causing this problem?
Anyways they said that because they already covered one I would have to pay for the other passenger side headlight motor. Well, i put off on it till now. Now when the headlights drop, not only does the passenger headlight grind but now the drivers side headlight drops and then pops halfway up and sticks there... so everytime i turn off the headlights and get out of the car i have to listen to a grinding noise from one side of the car and then pop the hood and manually lower the drivers side ... are both motors bad now? if so why would a new motor on the drivers side go bad so quck?
I plan on buying the brass headlight gear motors from that fiero website guy but I just want to make sure those are the problem and if theres anything else that could be causing this problem?
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From: Anthony TX
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WOW 
You accepted stupidity as an acceptable solution to the problem?!?! 
I would have jamed that back upm there A$$ and had the other one changed!!! Did they really change the motor?? Does one look a LOT newer than the other one????????????? 
That is just WRONG!
I would go BACK to that dealer and have a chat with the service manager AND dealership owner!! 
If all of that fails, replace the gears with brass gears!
You accepted stupidity as an acceptable solution to the problem?!?! I would have jamed that back upm there A$$ and had the other one changed!!! Did they really change the motor?? Does one look a LOT newer than the other one????????????? That is just WRONG!
I would go BACK to that dealer and have a chat with the service manager AND dealership owner!! If all of that fails, replace the gears with brass gears!
