When I turn off my headlights the lights go down but several seconds after they are down it souds like the headlight motor is still running and makes a binding noise. Any ideas???????

Thanks,

Roy

 

Happened to the wife's '02 recently. Sounds like the stripped gear syndrome. I posted my fix here.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1767764

 

Definately stripped plastic gear.

Here are the stages my "stripped gear" went through.

1) Problem with right headlight not popping up all the time, but light was on. You could ensure it always popped up by loosening the manual headlight **** a few turns before trying.

2) Took a long while but much later, then it would make a machine gun noise after closing for 4-5 seconds. This was obviously the stripped gear sound.

3) Things now got crazy. Sometimes my headlights would pop up when I just turned on my parking lights, but they would not be on.

4) Replaced right stripped plastic gear with brass one. Everything fine. I have left gear but did not put it in yet.

There is a solid state headlight module. It is expensive from the dealer (over $200). I am told these rarely go bad. It is located under your passenger side headlight. It works by sensing the high current when a headlight motor hits a stop and turns off power. That is the cause of the stripped gears, the metal worm gear trys to keep turning until the module turns it off, putting stress on the plastic gear. Oh, there is a rubber shock absorber piece that the motor drives the gear through, it usually goes bad also. Rodney Dickman includes new rubber piecies with his kit. Cost of kit is $90 for 2 gears, rubber piecies, gaskets, lube and if later year includes expoxy and braces (they are a little more $).
Here is the link for Rodney Dickman's kit:

http://www.rodneydickman.com/retail_new.html

choose "electrical" and scroll down to your year

It contains all pieces: brass gears, rubber shock absorbers, lube, gaskets, expoxy and braces for later years.

 

THANKS GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is a machine gun sound, Fortunately my headlights still go up and down. Where is the best place to get this kit.

Roy

 

ttt

 

i just undid the linkage from the headlight motor, and turned the gear 180 degrees, and fastened the linkage back on, and no more problems. Thats the easy fix(for a little while, atleast)

 

Had the exact same problem, as have many here. No problem now after the Rodney Dickman gear was installed. Pretty easy to install as well.
http://www.rodneydickman.com/retail_new.html