whitelx1

So my wife calls me and tells me that her headlight is not going up on the drivers side. So I come home and it is making this weird noise. I pop the hood and turn the headlights on and it goes up, when she shut them off the drivers side is making this weird noise every time. So I hit the remote to lock the doors and both headlights pop up and go down. It has a remote start that the previous owners put on. Now I hit the remote start and both headlights pop up( it never did that before). So my question is, what the hell is going on, is the motor taking a ****. And why would the headlights pop up when you start it now. Also where is a good place to get a motor if it is going bad.

wysemunky

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the headlight gear is stripped.

whitelx1

So I have to replace the motor then, correct. The headlight still goes up and down.

bigj2717

iTrader: (15)

No all you have to replace is the gear inside the motor. Read the sticky at the top of the firebird section and itll have all the info you need.

RamAir95TA

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You do not need to replace the motor or gear. Manually raise the headlight using the manual raise ****, then remove the trim bezel (4 screws). You'll see the actuator arm - remove the nut holding it on, support the headlight, and pop off the arm. You'll see the motor shaft has a flat spot on it. Turn the manual raise **** so the flat spot spins 180-degrees, then reattach the actuator arm, reinstall the bezel, manually lower the headlight, and enjoy noise-free headlight operation.

The reason this works is because the headlight uses only one side of the gear and the other side remains unused, so rotating it 180-degrees uses the unused side.