Flip Up Lights Noise

[1998badredtransam]

When I turn of my headlights the motor for the lights makes a grrrrr sound for about 5 seconds then shuts off. Im not sure how to fix this can anyone help me?

[blackbirdbrain89]

the gears in the head light moter are going or gone bad. if ur going to keep the car for life get brass gear if u going to keep for few more years and sell it get plastic gears like the stock ones

[Too Fast]

Yeah, the gears are stripped. That headlight motor electrical circuit has a circuit breaker that shuts off current when it reaches a certain amp load, when it doesn't see that amp load (because of stripped gearing or whatever) then it has a timer in the circuit to shut the current off after 5 or 6 seconds.

I fixed mine with the Rodney Dickman repair kit, put in a new aluminum gear for my left headlight, the right one is still factory. There is a way to move the gear to a new, non-stripped part of the OE plastic gear, you disconnect the linkage to the headlight door, then manually spin the motor until the linkage connects again, this will work for a while. But the best thing is to replace the gear. A lot cheaper than getting a new motor assembly, and only a little harder to do.

Search this forum, there are a lot of threads talking about this and how to fix it.

[the_formula]

ha!! i remember this was my first question on this forum when i started...damn.

[95Firebirdred]

my car does the same thing when i turn the lights off. been doing this for four years now. i just dont pay it any attention. if anyone thinks that it is the gears or can be adjusted let me know.

[BIG GUNS]

I'm book markin it.

[Too Fast]

my car does the same thing when i turn the lights off. been doing this for four years now. i just dont pay it any attention. if anyone thinks that it is the gears or can be adjusted let me know.

Yup. Sure sounds like the gears are stripped.