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Old Jul 16, 2011 | 10:20 AM
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The other day, I pulled out of my garage, and of course my headlights popped up. As I sat in the sun waiting for my wife, the lights closed, and I heard this awful noise, like a griding chatter. Opening the hood I turned the lights on and no noise, but when turning them off, the same noise. The motor on the drivers headlight keeps turning for about 5 seconds after the light is down, and makes the awful noise. Do you think it might be the headlight control unit? Any suggestions? By the way its a 2000 C5.
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 06:46 PM
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I'm having the same problem.....have you found your problem?? thx Sojo
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Old Aug 18, 2011 | 06:53 PM
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Your gears for your headlight is stripped. Upgrade to brass

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...placement.html
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Gear is shot. Just did mine this week. Not a bad job at all.
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I just finished replacing both of mine. The driver's side gear was bad and the one on the passenger side was on the way out. Easy job unless you drop a bolt down there like I did on the second one.
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I just finished replacing both of mine. The driver's side gear was bad and the one on the passenger side was on the way out. Easy job unless you drop a bolt down there like I did on the second one.
Yea, I dropped a wrench down below the battery as I was removing the negative side! Fished it out with a retractable magnet. It's always the simple stuff that causes the most headaches!
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