1997 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 101

Headlamp Doors be The headlamp doors should open when driving in icy or snowy conditions to prevent the doors from freezing closed and when washing the vehicle to help clean the headlamps. You can open the headlamp doors manually: 1. Open the hood. 2. Remove the plastic cover from the retractor motor knob. 3. Turn the retractor motor knob counterclockwise until the headlamp dooris fully open. The knob will get harder to turn when the headlamp dooris all the way up. 4. Replace the plastic cover on the retractor motor knob. The headlamp doors are designed open when you turn to the headlamps on and close when you turn the headlamps off. The headlamp doors canbe opened without turning on the headlamps by turning the headlamps on, thenturning the switch back to the parking lamps position. To manually close the headlamp doors, the lamps turn o€€and turn the knob clockwise. If the headlamp doors aren't working properly, see your Pontiac dealer for help. 2-52