Headlight Issue/NOT the motors
09-07-2008, 03:39 PM
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Headlight Issue/NOT the motors You guys are my last ditch effort. I am PRAYING someone can help me out here
Bout 3 weeks ago I noticed that the headlights to my 02 WS6 automatically came on after I turned the **** inside to OFF. Didn't think anything of it and just let it go. Did it again the next day. So I kind of played around with it to see if it was the gears going out. No sound made from the motors and they don't come up and down when I hit the key fob buttons. So most of the symptoms that show its the headlight gears being stripped aren't happening.
So fast forward about a week and they stop going up on their own. Figured it was just something that needed to be worked through the system and its good now. WRONG. It started acting up again last week. I pulled the two fuses that activate the headlight doors to go up in the hopes the lights would turn off since they weren't activated. But the headlights are still coming on even though the two fuses are pulled (both were 15's). So I'm thinking its either something that is tripping the lights to think the light **** inside the car is on, but I'm not even close to knowing.
Does anyone have any other thoughts as to what is causing this to happen? I'm out of guesses, and I really don't want to take it to a stealership without at least some things to throw at them if I have to take the car there.
Bout 3 weeks ago I noticed that the headlights to my 02 WS6 automatically came on after I turned the **** inside to OFF. Didn't think anything of it and just let it go. Did it again the next day. So I kind of played around with it to see if it was the gears going out. No sound made from the motors and they don't come up and down when I hit the key fob buttons. So most of the symptoms that show its the headlight gears being stripped aren't happening.
So fast forward about a week and they stop going up on their own. Figured it was just something that needed to be worked through the system and its good now. WRONG. It started acting up again last week. I pulled the two fuses that activate the headlight doors to go up in the hopes the lights would turn off since they weren't activated. But the headlights are still coming on even though the two fuses are pulled (both were 15's). So I'm thinking its either something that is tripping the lights to think the light **** inside the car is on, but I'm not even close to knowing.
Does anyone have any other thoughts as to what is causing this to happen? I'm out of guesses, and I really don't want to take it to a stealership without at least some things to throw at them if I have to take the car there.
09-07-2008, 05:56 PM
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may want to check all wiring connectors, my driver side wouldnt go up every now and then but the lights would go on still, never made a grind or anything like gears going out, I unhooked the wiring to the light and looked at the connectors and they were all corroded inside. Sprayed them with air and cleaned them real good and put some anticorrosion spray in them and plugged it back in. Has worked for about 2 years since.
09-09-2008, 02:26 AM
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may want to check all wiring connectors, my driver side wouldnt go up every now and then but the lights would go on still, never made a grind or anything like gears going out, I unhooked the wiring to the light and looked at the connectors and they were all corroded inside. Sprayed them with air and cleaned them real good and put some anticorrosion spray in them and plugged it back in. Has worked for about 2 years since.
Thanks for the heads up too
I didn't even think about checking the other side (just redid my driver sides wiring)