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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 09:38 AM
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My friend just bougt a 00 coupe. He doesn't realy like the twilight feature so he turned it off. Now it appears that when the lights go off, only one goes down, or they don't seem to be working in sequence with each other? Any suggestions?
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 11:01 AM
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The only problem I have heard (and experienced) is the motor making a grinding sound on the way down. The sound lasts for 15 secs or so after the lights go down. Only fix is to replace the window motor. Got mine done under warranty.
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 11:28 AM
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The only problem I have heard (and experienced) is the motor making a grinding sound on the way down. The sound lasts for 15 secs or so after the lights go down. Only fix is to replace the window motor. Got mine done under warranty.
So by replacing the WINDOW motor, the headlights worked??? :D
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 11:30 AM
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By saying that the 'lights go down' I assumed you ment the actual light fixture. Sorry...
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 11:54 AM
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The problem that I have is both headlights flip up when in the parking light position....and my left headlight motor runs on for a few seconds after they flip down when turning off the lights. I need to take the car into the dealer and see what they can do to fix.

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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 12:14 PM
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My driver's side light makes the noise after it closes. Here's a link to the responses I got, saying that the actuator gear was stripped:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/zerothread?id=363123

HTH
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Old Aug 14, 2002 | 12:30 PM
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Sounds like this is covered by a TSB. Drivers side does not stay down. Not related to turning off Twilight Sentinel. The dealer has a fix.
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