Mine sticks and appears to be inoperative if left unused for more than 4 weeks or so. Manually operating it one to several times and using harsh language usually gets it unstuck.
I'm not interested in parting with my spare, but my car came with one because the doors didn't work. I was too lazy to replace it and manually operated the doors for a couple of weeks and un-gummed the works and have heard similar stories from several others. The motor is pretty robust for the work that it must do, and is also in a protected, dry place, unlike some power window motors that I know.
Has anyone tried rebuilding their headlight door motors. Mine started misbehaving last year and it is time to deal with it.
Also interested in knowing if anyone has a working spare that they would be interested in selling, the 73 motor is different from the 69 in that the square hole that turns the door rod is a different size. Please email me privately if you have one to sell.
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