Originally Posted by steves1967

I also noticed that after the drivers light goes up or down- the motor keeps spinning for an additional 3-4 seconds.

Originally Posted by steves1967

Can you elaborate on these nylon pucks? I also noticed that after the drivers light goes up or down- the motor keeps spinning for an additional 3-4 seconds.

Originally Posted by ksr

I had to fix motors on a past 3rd gen as well as a Buick Reatta.

If this is your issue, basically the gears or bushings in the motor disintegrate over time. When I pulled them out of the cars and opened them up, they were little more than powder. Pretty simple fix. The kit linked above will fix you up.

But you wrote this: "On my 92 Firebird, if I turn on just the park lights, the head lights flip up but don't turn on. Is this normal? On my old 84 Firebird I could turn on the park lights and the headlights stayed down."

That sounds different. The lights flip up but just don't come on? The gear problem will result in the motor running on after the lights are up or down. Eventually the motor won't be able to lift the lights at all and will run for a bit and do nothing. And, they shouldn't flip up if you just turn on the parking lights. I wonder if your switch is messed up.

Originally Posted by ksr

2 Firebird, if I turn on just the park lights, the head lights flip up but don't turn on. Is this normal? On my old 84 Firebird I could turn on the park lights and the headlights stayed down."

That sounds different. The lights flip up but just don't come on?

Originally Posted by scooter

That is EXACTLY a symptom of the pucks being disintegrated. I don't know why this keeps coming around, it has been covered many times.

Originally Posted by scooter

Mine would run after shutting them off, but they would also flip up with just the running lights. I thought it was a module issue, but Lon assured me it would resolve my issue, and it did.

Why it does it? I can only speculate that it does it because the module has a built in timer so that when you shut them off and it hunts for the park position it doesn't drain the battery. The headlight door module is looking for a current spike in the circuit to know when to stop the motor. When it doesn't see that, it just ends the process, so the motors may be in the wrong position when you turn the park lights on and the circuit sees lower resistance. The module has an input for the parking lights and the headlights, it sees voltage for both circuits, I think so when you put the headlights on, then turn off only the headlight, and not running lights, the doors stay in the up position.

Either way, I guarantee [SIZE="1"](this is not a guarantee)[/SIZE] it will fix the problem

Originally Posted by ksr

That's really weird. They have that odd little two part switch, right side for parking lights, left for headlights. You'd think that pushing just the right side alone would never activate the motors, since it really is a separate switch.