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Old 08-07-2007, 04:55 PM
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My 2000 Trans Am started making a real bad noise from the driver's side headlight. I popped the hood & its the motor that sits behind the light. It keeps running after I unlock the car with the transponder or turn the car off. Makes a real bad grinding sound. Anyone know why it is doing this?

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Old 08-07-2007, 04:59 PM
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the plastic gears are stripped. there is a place on here that sells brass replacemnt gears for it. im not sure where tho, as i dont have a T/A. someone will chime in.
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^ Read above.

Some nice brass headlight gears should fix that problem.

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Just spreading the word as I just found out about these. HELP (motormite, Dorman) makes a replacement plastic headlight gear for about 15 bucks. Autozone can order them, but it may take a few days to get them in. Part # 42400.



https://www.dormanproducts.com/cgi-b...tegory_list=:0




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