Headlights on my 2000 Formula
Headlights on my 2000 Formula My drivers side was working. I pulled my passanger side Headlight motor since it didnt flip up. I checked my Passanger headlight motor on a car battery & spins. So I changed out the plastic gears for Billet gears. I reinstalled the passanger headlight motor & hooked it back up & turned the lights on & only the drivers side motor would run.
So baffled I unplugged the drivers side connector to the headlight & tried turning the lights on to confirm its not the motor & neither headlight flipped up.
So I plug the drivers connector back in & turn the headlights back on & now neither will flip up.
I checked both fuse's under the hood for the Headlight motors. Both are 15 amp fuses & both fuse's look fine.
Im running out of things to check. Any idea's would be greatly appreciated!!!!
So baffled I unplugged the drivers side connector to the headlight & tried turning the lights on to confirm its not the motor & neither headlight flipped up.
So I plug the drivers connector back in & turn the headlights back on & now neither will flip up.
I checked both fuse's under the hood for the Headlight motors. Both are 15 amp fuses & both fuse's look fine.
Im running out of things to check. Any idea's would be greatly appreciated!!!!
I found the Firebird headlight thread. Talk about a GM design flaw. This to seems to be the norm for all Firebird owners with these damn headlights.
Where is the Headlight control module located? I read this guy in the thread was having the same prob & it was the Control Module. The board was fried. Just need to fine where its at now
OK I think I fixed my problem, Knock on wood. Cleaned the electric connections my passanger headlight flipped up making the dreaded grinding sound for the next 5 seconds after it closed.
Im installing then billet gears. But my plastic piece on the passanger side headlight motor came off again. It just doesnt stay on. I am going to clean off the old glue & try it again.
Im installing then billet gears. But my plastic piece on the passanger side headlight motor came off again. It just doesnt stay on. I am going to clean off the old glue & try it again.
OK I think I fixed my problem, Knock on wood. Cleaned the electric connections my passanger headlight flipped up making the dreaded grinding sound for the next 5 seconds after it closed.
Im installing then billet gears. But my plastic piece on the passanger side headlight motor came off again. It just doesnt stay on. I am going to clean off the old glue & try it again.
Im installing then billet gears. But my plastic piece on the passanger side headlight motor came off again. It just doesnt stay on. I am going to clean off the old glue & try it again.
The driver side stays on because of the way its installed. Yeah, that happened to me. It's a pain in the *** to keep it on. i ended up going with industrial strength epoxy. Also, my control module was bad too.
My drivers side used to work & would just grind for 10 seconds after it would open. My passanger side wouldnt work at all.
Now my passenger side will spin when I plug it in. But the drivers side wont work at all. Both Headlight motors work cause I hooked them up to my car battery & both spin,
Where is the control module located at & is it a PITA to replace too? Hell working on the motor itself is no where near as bad as trying to fix these Headlight motors!
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Check out my thread from a while ago...
Also thanks to Sam Miller for the Headlight Alum Repair kit with T-Braces. Both headlights are flipping up now.
Now I have to figure out why 3 out of the 4 headlights are dim. Only one headlight is bright. Of course the car isnt running at the momment. Just running of a battery to open & close the head lights
All I know is these headlights where a nightmare. For some reason the LH headlight motor would only work in the RH location, The RH headlight worked in both locations.
I pulled the motors apart & flipped the gears in the on the LH motor to run in the RH location & flipped the gears over in the RH motor to run in the LH location. I know it sounds confusing. But thats GM for you. Kind of reminds me of my Rattle trap Foxbody. Except its 20 years old vs my Formula is only 11 years old
