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Old Mar 13, 2023 | 02:24 PM
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Hello i have a c5 corvette and my head lights pop up and go on in the park position can anybody help ?

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Need a bit more information, what year is the car? Do the lights pop up and turn on when the car is started? Where was the car imported from (US car, Canadian or Export to EU)?
2001 and up had a feature called 'twilight sentinel' which would turn the lights on when it was dark enough. It would turn them off also when it was bright enough outside.This is an option that can be turned off on US spec cars. Canada cars it cannot be disabled. I don't know about the EU export cars.
The twilight sentinel option is controlled via the Options button on the right side of the dash.

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Need a bit more information, what year is the car? Do the lights pop up and turn on when the car is started? Where was the car imported from (US car, Canadian or Export to EU)?
2001 and up had a feature called 'twilight sentinel' which would turn the lights on when it was dark enough. It would turn them off also when it was bright enough outside.This is an option that can be turned off on US spec cars. Canada cars it cannot be disabled. I don't know about the EU export cars.
The twilight sentinel option is controlled via the Options button on the right side of the dash.

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the car is from 1998 i have looked and i don,t have this function

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Need a bit more information, what year is the car? Do the lights pop up and turn on when the car is started? Where was the car imported from (US car, Canadian or Export to EU)?
2001 and up had a feature called 'twilight sentinel' which would turn the lights on when it was dark enough. It would turn them off also when it was bright enough outside.This is an option that can be turned off on US spec cars. Canada cars it cannot be disabled. I don't know about the EU export cars.
The twilight sentinel option is controlled via the Options button on the right side of the dash.

Gary
the lights pop up in the park postion of the switch. Ignition on or off it does the same thing
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Your headlight control module has probably failed, it is located under the passenger side headlight.
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1st click is also a symptom of bad gears. You may want to replace the motors
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