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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 11:09 PM
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gm is pretty good at lighting. lets forget about the fact that i haven't had front blinkers for 3 months and move on to the fact that my left headlight doesn't come on when i turn the lights on until there is a loud bang and then the light pops on . . . hrmmmmmm any ideas? this is a t/a for reference
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Old Mar 24, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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thats why I hate pop up head lights haha. sounds like somthing is out of track to me or maby your light is catching on somthing have some one turn it on so you can see.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 12:20 AM
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The motor is either bad or the gear inside is getting striped.
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 12:53 AM
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bad grounding? grinding the gear in the headlight motor??
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 12:56 AM
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The head lights go up by resistance in the switch. I think... So that could be a bad ground also
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Old Mar 25, 2008 | 05:17 PM
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nah i know what bad gears sound like and this isn't it. the lights pop up fine but the headlight wont go on for anywhere b/t a couple seconds to a couple minutes. and their coming on is always accomodated with a loud bang as if 2 pieces of metal were caught on each other and let go but i've looked and cant see anything binding. this is pretty damn weird
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