crazy headlight problem... help
crazy headlight problem... help a friend of mine just called. he has a 98 firebird v6. he said when he starts the car the headlights pop up and turn on. he can operate the headlight switch and it does nothing. when he turns the car off the lights go out and close. has anyone else had this problem or know how to fix it?
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I am having the same problem and I don't know what is causing it. I haven't done alot of troubleshooting though, and I was planning to take my car to Pontiac to have it looked at. My headlights switch does not engage the popups, rather it just turns the headlights on in the unraised position. Sometimes at night, the popups don't even raise automatically. Its a strange problem.
Bad/stripped headlight motor gear
Site with good info and fix guide
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headl...ear%20failures
Site with good info and fix guide
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headl...ear%20failures
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Originally Posted by transam1998
Bad/stripped headlight motor gear
Site with good info and fix guide
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headl...ear%20failures
Site with good info and fix guide
http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headl...ear%20failures
Originally Posted by DarkOneX
I always hear this, but how could a stripped gear cause the headlights to randomly raise/lower? I've had probs with mine in my old car, and now this new one and both problems are the same, I just get that grinding noise when I shut them off and they go down.
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Originally Posted by transam1998
Because the computer gets confused and can't tell if the headlights are up or down or if the sky is falling....
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Originally Posted by Scarano
But stripped gear on both headlights? My popups raise and lower as if they have a mind of their own. At night they don't always come up. And the switch will turn the lights on, but it never engages the motor to pop up the lights. But when they do go up and down automatically, both motors seem to work fine and sound good/smooth.
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Originally Posted by ACW
Loose/corroded connections perhaps?
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From: Anheuser Busch, Houston Texas
Originally Posted by transam1998
Yes, both headlights will get wierd if one of their gears is stripped..
If you already knew the solution, why are you asking
If you already knew the solution, why are you asking
If a Firebird or T/A has a headlight issue, it is nearly always the gears: check them first.
