The passenger side pop up headlight on my 99 Firebird will not go down. I never had trouble with it before. I went to the store and turned the headlights off and they both went down as per usual and then when I came home and shut them off the one side stayed up. What could be the problem?
Headlight won't go down
Jun 09, 2006
2 Replies
The gear that drives the raise/lowers the headlight is made of pastic and will 'strip' over time. You can either replace the whole motor/gear assembly, take it apart and turn the gear 180 degress(to the side that is not used) or replace with a metal gear. There is a web site that offers brass replacement gears. Don't have it handy, just google around for F-Body repair headlight motor.
It's a common problem due to that pastic gear.
Good luck.
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