headlight wont go down - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

racerx520 · 10-06-2009, 02:00 PM

so about 2 days ago my driver's side headlight wouldnt go down. then none would go down. i thought it was the switch so i replaced it. it wound up being a fuse (the tail lights werent working either but i didnt know that till someone complained about my car).
today i replaced the fuse, and the passenger side headlight went down, but not the other side. the motor doesnt seem to be spinning at all. could this be a burned up motor or something else? from what i understand the headlight motors are expensive and i really dont want to spend all that much money right now. anyone have any suggestions?
thanks,
-brian

MiScHiEf · 10-06-2009, 02:03 PM

When I had this problem I bought 2 new motors for $110 a piece, and it didn't fix it, wound up being the headlight module near the drivers side firewall.

racerx520 · 10-06-2009, 03:24 PM

would that be in the engine compartment or in the interior? how do i check if it is damaged or not? and finally would it control only one headlight to not go down or would it make both not go down?

MiScHiEf · 10-06-2009, 06:08 PM

Back on the firewall inside the engine compartment, has the words "GUIDE" on it.

and yeah, mine was bad, so only one side received power.

racerx520 · 10-07-2009, 12:15 AM

just to double check too, the headlight module only controls the up/down movements of the headlight right? cuz the light itself works perfectly fine, just wont go up and wont go down lol

MiScHiEf · 10-07-2009, 02:30 AM

Correct.