Head light problem
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Burning Brakes
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From: Moore OK
Head light problem
I have a 02 model. Last night I turned my head lights on and everything was working just as it should. I went to turn the head lights off and they turned off just as they should, except they would not retract. The high and low beams work as they should. I can hear a click when I turned the lights all the way. The motors do not make or have not been making any noises. I can lower them both manually with out issues. I've checked all the fuses except any in the passenger footwell. Any help would be fantastic.
Burning Brakes
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From: Southern IL
Try turning your high beams to ON, then try lowering your headlights. Your PCM is looking for a certain resistance to lower the buckets with low beams on. For instance, If you install HID low beams without an added resistor on the circuit....the PCM won't let the headlights retract while in low beam.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Moore OK
Try turning your high beams to ON, then try lowering your headlights. Your PCM is looking for a certain resistance to lower the buckets with low beams on. For instance, If you install HID low beams without an added resistor on the circuit....the PCM won't let the headlights retract while in low beam.
Burning Brakes
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It could also be a failing headlight switch... here is a pretty good write on how the headlight switch can fail...and how to fix it if broken.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...f-replace.html
Do you have the Twilight Sentinal option?
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-t...f-replace.html
Do you have the Twilight Sentinal option?
Last edited by Vicarious.; Aug 24, 2012 at 06:22 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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Never even heard of that sir.
EDIT: Mine does not have that option. The car does have HID's in it, but they have been in the car for over a year with out issue.
I appreciate the offer. As soon as I get it back from my tuner I'm gonna mess with it. I'm trying to round up all the possible causes before I dive into it.
EDIT: Mine does not have that option. The car does have HID's in it, but they have been in the car for over a year with out issue.
I appreciate the offer. As soon as I get it back from my tuner I'm gonna mess with it. I'm trying to round up all the possible causes before I dive into it.
Last edited by jmuck; Aug 24, 2012 at 09:45 PM.
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Never even heard of that sir.
EDIT: Mine does not have that option. The car does have HID's in it, but they have been in the car for over a year with out issue.
I appreciate the offer. As soon as I get it back from my tuner I'm gonna mess with it. I'm trying to round up all the possible causes before I dive into it.
EDIT: Mine does not have that option. The car does have HID's in it, but they have been in the car for over a year with out issue.
I appreciate the offer. As soon as I get it back from my tuner I'm gonna mess with it. I'm trying to round up all the possible causes before I dive into it.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 911
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From: Southern IL