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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 01:53 AM
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I looked at an 01 vette for sale battery was disconnected.When started car codes came up traction control and abs.How do you clear these codes?Also every time I wanted to turn on the lights I Had to turn light switch twice for headlight doors to open what would cause this?
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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 05:34 AM
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I looked at an 01 vette for sale battery was disconnected.When started car codes came up traction control and abs.How do you clear these codes?Also every time I wanted to turn on the lights I Had to turn light switch twice for headlight doors to open what would cause this?
I dont know the technique to remove codes on the vette without a scanner.

You have to flip the switch twice for the headlights to go on. The first flip of the switch is to turn on the parking lights, the second one for the headlights.
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Old Mar 21, 2007 | 06:04 AM
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See here for instructions to erase codes ....

https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...D=25&TopicID=1

NOTE - erasing the codes DOES NOT fix a problem. If there is a problem with the EBCM (which controls AH and TC) the codes will set again at some point when the car is being driven.
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I turned the lights all the way off and all the way on lights would only come up on second try.Is this normal?
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I turned the lights all the way off and all the way on lights would only come up on second try.Is this normal?
Normal ??? What do you think ????

No, it's not normal. Possibly a grounding issue for the headlamp drive system. If that's what it is, it is relatively easy (and inexpensive) to fix. See sticky at the top of this forum about electrical issues in the C5.

So long as the headlights were coming up/down together, and stopped making noise once they were in the full UP or DOWN position, it is most likely grounding.
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