Question for you WS6 guys....

[CJINOHIO03]

Have any of you had one of your head lights not pop up? Anybody know how to fix this or what to check? Or any links etc.. BTW this is for a 00 with 20k miles owners manual says take to dealer. CJ

[Nitrousbird]

Moving to tech forum......

 

I know w/ the 93-97 cars, the headlight gears can strip themselves (mine have never done it, though), and it's a free fix; just flip the gear around, and it's good to go.

[RedRocket1647545505]

My old WS.6 had the driver side headlight gear strip. Does the lamp go up, then down immediatly after you lock/unlock the car, then make a horrible grinding sound for about 5 seconds? If so, headlamp gear.

 

Luckily, mine was still under warranty, so I didn't dick with it. I just let the dealership fix it. They replaced the whole motor assembly itself, and I think they said that was over $300 itself!!!

 

But, like Joe said, it's an easy fix. You can either:

 

1. pull apart your motor assembly and flip the cheapass plastic gear and wait for it to strip that side, or...

 

2. buy an aftermarket brass gear that won't strip and only replace it once for the life of the car.

 

I've been out of the F-body circle for about a year now, so I can't really point you where to find the brass gear, or a write-up on how to fix it. If I were you, I'd do a search over on LS1Tech.com for more info. Hope this helps.

[MrMeanGreen]

http://www.bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index.htm

 

I did mine a couple of years ago. Just make sure the headlight to motor linkage is oriented correct or you'll pull the damned thing apart again to make it right.

[CJINOHIO03]

Well its my moms car she said it just stopped working. CJ