Headlamp making a ratcheting noise
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7th Gear
Joined: Sep 2023
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From: Florida
Headlamp making a ratcheting noise
Hi all and thanks for the great advice over the years. My '01 is basically a garage queen and doesn't go out at night, but a few months ago my car club went on a run and we ended up coming home in the dark. When I turned on the headlamps for the first time in many, many years they came up okay but when I turned them off they went down and one side kept making a ratcheting noise while down. I had to open and close them a number of times and shut the car off to get that noise to stop. Also, I just got home from being away for almost 2 months and disconnected the battery while I was away. It's always on a tender when I'm at home. When I hooked up the battery the ratcheting noise started again even though the headlamps were down. it would do it for a few seconds then stop. It did it about 3 times then it stopped. Any idea on where I should go first to fix this? Maybe someone had this problem and knows the fix? 01 Convertible,50K miles, garage kept always. Mint condition. 1 owner. Former long time body shop owner so I won't have any problem repairing this, just wanted a clue on where to start from a fellow Vette owner who may have had this problem. Thanks!
Thread Starter
7th Gear
Joined: Sep 2023
Posts: 7
Likes: 4
From: Florida
Thank you, I'll check that. Funny, don't think the headlamps were raised/lowered much at all since new. Was a light daily driver for my wife the first couple of years, but daytime only and then it went into partial hibernation for the rest of it's life. I imagine the gear is part of the motor assy?
