justin

If I tap on the lamp they will come up but the engine dies out. Now they wont come up at all, and if I tap on the headlight motor, the engine will die, but still no headlights rotating. I remember when I first got the car, the engine would die out once in a bluemoon when I switch the headlights on. WTF, does the engine have to do with the headlight motor? Has anybody had a problem like this before? I need to get my headlights fixed ASAP this is my daily driver.
Thanks

justin

UPDATE---- When I turn the little manual **** on the headlight motor, they will pop up with the headlights on, now when they do come up it kills my car, well when this happens if I dont turn the key all the way off then back to try to start it, the fuel pump does not run, but if I do the key all the way off then start it starts and runs fine, if I just try to start it right after it dies without turning the key all the way off then no fuel pump noise. WTF????

Dennis Wilson

Justin,
Have you cleaned all of your contacts/grounds/fuses and checked the motor linkage to make sure it isn't contacting any of the wiring looms? If those are alright the problem will probably be in the headlight motor, headlight relay or light switch. Try removing fuse 19 (headlight motor) then manually raising the lights. If it still kills the engine it would appear the switch is bad. If it doesn't kill the engine, try replacing the relay. If that doesn't cure the problem the motor probably has a shorted wire.

Dennis

jpitman2

Also check the wiring at the plug into the headlight motor -sometimes hard to get at, tucked in tightly. 928 intnl catalogue gives 1-brown/red, 2- white/black,3-yellow/green, 4-red/black. Note what you have before changing. Check that you have the big double relay in the correct socket (here http://www.928gt.com/928gt/Index.html , position xx1x-xx (19-20), pno 928.618.107.00.) The engine dying when you persuade the lights up sounds like a short in the motor circuit. I would check that the fuse has not been uprated to the point of being dangerous - Fuse 19, 16A
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