headlight problem

[95firebird3.4]

ok so a few weeks ago i came out to my car having a dead battery i was like wtf i get it jumped and it making this weird noise lift up the hood to find that my head light motor is spinning with the head lights off. so i disconnect the motor. i thot it was a worn gear so thats why its not turning off. well today i went to autozone and bought a new motor. well this motor is doing the same thing it just spins. how can i fix this?

[96firebird311]

Re: headlight problem

If it's making that grinding noise.... then the plastic gear inside is stripped. That's what makes the noise. New or not. It's entirely possible the gear stripped the first time you flipped the switch. I rebuilt mine with new plastic gears, and two days later one stripped again.

Eventually bought the brass gears. A little pricey. ($30 each I think?) But not an issue since.

[95firebird3.4]

Re: headlight problem

If it's making that grinding noise.... then the plastic gear inside is stripped. That's what makes the noise. New or not. It's entirely possible the gear stripped the first time you flipped the switch. I rebuilt mine with new plastic gears, and two days later one stripped again.

Eventually bought the brass gears. A little pricey. ($30 each I think?) But not an issue since.

no it not gears b.c if i plug it into the driver side its fine and the motor is spinning with the headlights off

[steddy]

Re: headlight problem

no it not gears b.c if i plug it into the driver side its fine and the motor is spinning with the headlights off

It sounds as if there's a short somewhere. The motor has power to it at all times (or at least that's what the service manual says). If you have one, I'd check the wire routing and make sure nothing's pinched.

[V6Muscle09]

Re: headlight problem

no it not gears b.c if i plug it into the driver side its fine and the motor is spinning with the headlights off

Does it start spinning immediatly after turning off the the lights, and does it actually raise and lower in sync with the other light?

[V6Muscle09]

Re: headlight problem

forgot to finish what my point was :slap:

anyways if the headlights arnt raising and lowering at the same time and its spinning with the lights off then the magnet inside the motor housing needs to be turned 180 degrees. thats what the problem was with mine.

[95firebird3.4]

Re: headlight problem

it was the headlight controle mod thanks guys

[fishin]

Re: headlight problem

I have had the motor apart and back together every possible way and I still get one light up and one light down. any ideas? Thanks.

[Red&Black_Attack]

Re: headlight problem

Gears are just stripped too badly, sounds like..

You can get remanufactured motors from autozone with a lifetime warranty. Cant beat that if you plan to own the car very long.

[2.8 Bird]

Re: headlight problem

I have had the motor apart and back together every possible way and I still get one light up and one light down. any ideas? Thanks.

If you don't hear a continues movement on the gears then - Check the arm of each motor to make sure they are at the same position.

[flamingchicken]

Re: headlight problem

WHY!!! are you responding to a 3 year old thread???

[Red&Black_Attack]

Re: headlight problem

WHY!!! are you getting so worked up over what goes on, on the internet???

[flamingchicken]

Re: headlight problem

WHY!!! are you getting so worked up over what goes on, on the internet???

HEY!!! how about stop being a tool!

[Red&Black_Attack]

Re: headlight problem

HEY!!! how about stop being a tool!

:rolleyes: How bout staying out of threads if you're not gonna offer to help. Oh and name calling on the internet makes you look stupid.

[flamingchicken]

Re: headlight problem

There is nothing to help here, the problem was solved in 2008!!!

Oh and name calling on the internet makes you look stupid.

This makes me laugh...really really really hard.