My headlights just stopped working and i found out that it is the module under the drivers side front fender that is bad. The place that i took my car to said they quit making them but they can order me one for $150!!! Can i get one off of any old fiero and swap it onto mine. I also heard that firebirds have the same ones. If someone could give me some insight on what to do and how to fix it, it would really be appreciated. Thanks

You can get them from 87-88 Fieros and 87+ Firebirds. Check your local junkyard. I paid $3 for one once and another time I got one in a bucket of items I removed from Fieros for $5 for the whole bucket.

See your other thread on this topic....

[This message has been edited by mbramble (edited 09-20-2001).]

FWIW, it's pretty unusual for the headlight control modules to go bad. So I've read here on this Forum, and so says my own (limited) experiences with them.

Not trying to say the shop doesn't know what they're doing. Just that it seems to be an unusual failure.

The controller bad? Posible but rather unusual.
you can also get them from some 87+ sunbirds that have that little half door.

What makes you think it's bad? I'd replace the cheap crap light switch before doing the controller.

There's ways to test it more and I doubt they've been done. Few shops actually know much about any car's electrical system let alone an older car.

first, turn the knobs on top of the motors and wind them loose a couple turns. then hit the headlight switch. If the motors are binding to tightly when they close the lights then the controller will shut them off instead of risking damage to the motors.

If that still doesn't move them, pull the switch out and unplug it. Jumper the terminal with the red wire to the terminal with the yellow wire. That's up. Down is red to white.

If that doesn't work then there could be problems with power or ground wires to the module. The module gets power from 2 fusible links. You'd have to kill both of them to have no motors at all. (One power feed goes to each motor. The module gets power as long as either power feed is good. You'll just have one functional motor.)

It's grounded to points G101 and G102. These are suposed to be on the fenders below each headlight. They are easy targets for corrosion.

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Not to disagree, but there are regular relays inside the module that will go bad. Epically if there has been a short or a circuit overload at sometime or another. I've replaced several and repaired some.
If neither work, do check the switch first!

Well, the place that i took my car is a shop that specializes in electrical components of cars. They supposidly checked everything and said that the headlight control module is bad. I found one at a junk yard for cheap and im going to see if that works. If not im going to have to try all the other things.