Headlight Will Not Stay Up

[regerror6]

Problem: When I turn on the headlights, the driver-side headlight comes up and goes right back down. I talked to my uncle, and he thinks there is a piece that fell off (that keeps the light up).

Any ideas? Do you know what this part is called, and can I order it without ordering a new motor?

Thanks!

[Orcus79]

Does it make any noise? what about when you put them down or arm the car? Could be the gear inside the motor. May be a piece of the armature that operates it.

[JoshieDoom]

Most likely the arm that goes to the motor has either broken, come loose, lost the nut, or something like that. Im dealing with mine comming loose all the time.

[PontiacFan]

www dot bfranker.badz28.com/headlightfix/index dot htm
Replace the gears if it's not a loose arm. (Which I doubt, ..., If it goes up, then goes back down, that tells me it's attached.)

You can turn the gear 180 degrees & get by. But the plastic gear will just do it again over time.