C5 headlight issues
Apr 20, 2022 | 12:33 AM
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C5 headlight issues
My 2000 C5 driver's side headlight pops up when I turn it on, but when I trurn it off it goes down all the way then pops back up about 3/4.
I can manually close it all the way down but that's not cool. I already replaced the plastic gear in the motor and that didn't fix it. The plastic/rubber caps for the upper and lower stops are chewed up a little.
Not sure what to look at next.
Apr 20, 2022 | 02:40 AM
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Fixed my 2000 just the other day. Same symptom.
That bit of chewed up on the side caps is is the culprit.
I swapped the sides with the rears. The rears don’t get chewed up.
Worked perfect.
Apr 20, 2022 | 03:01 AM
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Thanks I'll give it a try and report back
Apr 20, 2022 | 10:41 AM
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RonSSNova
Fixed my 2000 just the other day. Same symptom.
That bit of chewed up on the side caps is is the culprit.
I swapped the sides with the rears. The rears don’t get chewed up.
Worked perfect.
Hi Ron. This may sound stupid, but what 'sides' are you talking about? Thanks......
Apr 20, 2022 | 11:52 AM
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Side stops, or caps (#4) are the same as the rears. Rears not shown here though.
The corner on one of my side tabs was chewed off.
Apr 20, 2022 | 03:41 PM
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Thanks again for the tip. I fixed it by swapping out the plastic caps for the side stops. Works perfectly now.
Apr 20, 2022 | 04:53 PM
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Apr 20, 2022 | 07:11 PM
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Just did my gears 5 min. ago. The very first thing I noticed was the wear in the stops. Simply flipped them over.
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