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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 12:10 AM
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My left front headlamp would not pop up. I finally was able to get it
to pop up after shutting the car off and restarting it. Now..when i turn
on my headlamps one click, the fog lamps turn on and headlamps pop
up but don't turn on. If i turn it on 2 clicks the headlamps turn on. It
used to turn on the fog lamps when i turned the headlamp switch on one click......does this sound like a module going bad? Also when the
headlamps are turned off, the left side headlamp motor runs and the gears are grinding. It shuts off after 5-6 seconds but sounds horrible!
Thank you for your help.
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 08:14 AM
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1- one click bucket up and no headlight with fog light on is normal.
2- two clicks and headlight on is normal. if your fog lights dont turn on check your fuse or fog light switch.
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Armyboy
1- one click bucket up and no headlight with fog light on is normal.
That is not normal.

The headlights should not come up on one click.
The gears are going out, search "headlight gear"
There is a ton of info on this.
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 09:27 AM
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Get the brass gears if you do it yourself, pretty easy to fix and you'll never have to worry about the plastic gears getting chewed up. One click doesnt raise my headlights, just turns on the parking lights.

On a side note, looks like you are pretty close to where I am armyboy
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Old Apr 16, 2010 | 11:14 PM
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Thanks for the info on the brass gears i will get some.
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