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Old Jun 21, 2017 | 12:10 PM
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Hello, picked up a WS6 recently and working out a few bugs; one of them being a headlight motor that I'm having an issue with.

Cog in original motor was trashed so I purchased a CarDone unit with the serviceable cover. I hooked up the unit and the motor does not turn when I flip on the headlights. The high and low output wiring from the CarDone unit does give out over 11 volts on the multimeter so there's juice flowing. I disconnected the other motor and plugged in the new motor and it turns when I flip on the headlights. I'm just trying to figure out why it doesn't turn on the side I'm trying to replace?

Any help is much appreciated.

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Old Jun 21, 2017 | 12:26 PM
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Have you checked the fuse? There are separate left and right headlight door fuses in junction block #1 under the hood. They are 15A mini fuses labeled LH HDLP DR and RH HDLP DR and are completely independent of the low beam and high beam headlight circuits.
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Old Jun 21, 2017 | 12:43 PM
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Well that was easy! Thank you WhiteBird00 - it was simply the fuse!
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