Dead… no noise.

 

I still feel its a motor issue.

 

You guys mention grounding the headlight motor. How is this done? There are only 2 wires coming out of the motor ( a white and a red colored wire). They are on a connector that snaps into the headlight motor connector plug with pigtail. So how do I ground the motor?

 

If there's only two wires going to the motor then they are supplying plus and minus 12 volts. So one one lead should be 12 volts and the other lead should be ground. That switches when you change direction of the motor. So you need to check the voltage across those two leads in both the up and down direction.

You need to also run jumpers from the good headlight motor harness over to the one that only goes in the down direction and see if it still doesn't work. That should tell you whether it's the motor or the wiring.

 

Ok Allen you have me stumped. I can't see how it's possible the motor works one way and not the other, When you take the left wiring harness (that works one way on the left side) and it works both ways on the right side. does not make sense. Harness connection may be loose where you plug into the motor (left wiring harness to left motor). I have tweaked terminals sometimes for a better contact, maybe that's the issue. The grounding is done thru the solid state relay, if the right side is working i'm sure it's ok. You might think about taking it to a shop and have it checked out.

 

Guys I really appreciate your input and I can’t believe I figured this out! I will try to send pictures if I can figure out how to attach them here. Basically, there is a headlight control module located just in front of the left wheel, a small square box with two screws mounting it to the car and two wire plugs going into it. I disassembled the module and looked at it with a magnifying glass and noticed what I’m going to call a “filament “had been burned in half. I removed the filament and soldered in a new one – which was actually a push pin - and it worked! Other articles I had read said the relay, which is the large rectangular piece in the center of the module, often has burned wires which sometimes can cause headlight problems. My relay looked OK so I just looked over the small circuit board with a magnifying glass looking for any loose connections or things out of the ordinary and noticed the problem. I certainly recommend anybody having weird headlight issues to check out this headlight control module for any irregularities. It is easy to access and to open and inspect.

 

Good job! Just got out my manual for my old 94. I was going to direct you to the actuator relay, there,s one for each side.

 

This is a picture of the headlight control module located in the wheel well in front of the driver side wheel. It is the small black box with two sets of wires connected to it.

 

Closer look at the headlight control module

 

Open up the headlight control module and the circuitboard is inside. The large square in the middle is the relay.