I have a 2000 pontiac grand am. please tell me how to change the headlight. its blown out?

Open the hood. The headlamp retainer %26quot;speed clips%26quot; are under the black plastic shield. To remove the shield, remove the little plastic %26quot;rivets%26quot;. These %26quot;rivets%26quot; have a center pin and an outer housing. Using a flat screwdriver, gently pry up on the center pin. When it is about 1/4 inch up, pull the pin straight up and out with a pliers. Then, using a flat screwdriver, gently pry up on the outer housing of the rivet. It should come up easily. Put the pin back into the rivet housing about 1/4 of an inch and set it aside. There are two different sizes of these rivets, the larger, fatter ones go in the front center of the plastic shield. Once you have all of the plastic rivets removed, take out the plastic shield and set it aside. You can TRY taking out only half of the rivets, but the shield will keep flopping back into place--take all of the rivets out and remove the shield. Look at the headlamp assembly. It has two metal strips that hold it in place, located behind the star-shaped screws. These are the %26quot;speed clips%26quot;. The one toward the middle of the car can be removed completely; the one toward the outside of the car pops up, but not out. To pop them up, gently pry the very top backward with a flat blade screwdriver and at the same time, pull up on the top rim with a pliers (or pry up on the rim with another flat blade screwdriver). You must pry them backward because they have a dimple that holds them in place. When the clips are unlocked, the headlamp assembly can be removed by rocking it and rotating the front of the headlamp upward. Do not adjust the star-shaped screws. Good luck with the black plastic ring that holds the headlamp bulb in place; I broke mine. Twist the black plastic ring counter clockwise one quarter turn or so. You can now remove the bulb from the headlamp assembly. Before you do, put on some eye protection goggles. Take the bulb out of the headlamp assembly. Unplug the bulb from the wiring. Discard of the old bulb carefully--halogen bulbs are under pressure and can shatter. Now take the new bulb out of its packaging without touching the glass. Plug it into the wiring. CAREFULLY seat the bulb into the headlamp assembly without touching the bulb's glass. Make sure that it is completely seated. Now carefully replace the black plastic retaining ring and rotate it one quarter turn clockwise to lock the bulb into the headlamp assembly (I broke mine so do this carefully). Re-install the headlamp assembly into the car; start with the headlamp facing up and rotate it down and level as you insert it. Then slide the %26quot;speed clips%26quot; back into place. They should %26quot;click%26quot; into place. Make sure that the headlamp is locked into place by the speed clips on both sides. Test the high beams and low beams. Replace the plastic shield using the dirt patterns to guide where it should go over and where it should go under. To replace the plastic rivets (remember the bigger ones are in the center of the car), make sure the pin is only inserted a little way, push the outer housing into the hole, when the outer housing is fully inserted into the hole, push down on the pin until it is seated. Close the hood. Now write a letter to GM about making this process take 30 minutes instead of the 4 minutes it takes on my other car.I have a 2000 pontiac grand am. please tell me how to change the headlight. its blown out?take it to Napa or any auto parts store and ask them how. They should tell you with no charge.I have a 2000 pontiac grand am. please tell me how to change the headlight. its blown out?if you can't get your hand in there to get the bulb out you will have to pull the whole light out far enough to get the bulb out, just watch what bolts your loosening as if you turn the wrong ones your headlights will be way out of adjustment.I have a 2000 pontiac grand am. please tell me how to change the headlight. its blown out?%26quot;Open the hood. The headlamp retainer %26quot;speed clips%26quot; are under the black plastic shield. To remove the shield, remove the little plastic %26quot;rivets%26quot;. These %26quot;rivets%26quot; have a center pin and an outer housing. Using a flat screwdriver, gently pry up on the center pin. When it is about 1/4 inch up, pull the pin straight up and out with a pliers. Then, using a flat screwdriver, gently pry up on the outer housing of the rivet. It should come up easily. Put the pin back into the rivet housing about 1/4 of an inch and set it aside. There are two different sizes of these rivets, the larger, fatter ones go in the front center of the plastic shield. Once you have all of the plastic rivets removed, take out the plastic shield and set it aside. You can TRY taking out only half of the rivets, but the shield will keep flopping back into place--take all of the rivets out and remove the shield. Look at the headlamp assembly. It has two metal strips that hold it in place, located behind the star-shaped screws. These are the %26quot;speed clips%26quot;. The one toward the middle of the car can be removed completely; the one toward the outside of the car pops up, but not out. To pop them up, gently pry the very top backward with a flat blade screwdriver and at the same time, pull up on the top rim with a pliers (or pry up on the rim with another flat blade screwdriver). You must pry them backward because they have a dimple that holds them in place. When the clips are unlocked, the headlamp assembly can be removed by rocking it and rotating the front of the headlamp upward. Do not adjust the star-shaped screws. Good luck with the black plastic ring that holds the headlamp bulb in place; I broke mine. Twist the black plastic ring counter clockwise one quarter turn or so. You can now remove the bulb from the headlamp assembly. Before you do, put on some eye protection goggles. Take the bulb out of the headlamp assembly. Unplug the bulb from the wiring. Discard of the old bulb carefully--halogen bulbs are under pressure and can shatter. Now take the new bulb out of its packaging without touching the glass. Plug it into the wiring. CAREFULLY seat the bulb into the headlamp assembly without touching the bulb's glass. Make sure that it is completely seated. Now carefully replace the black plastic retaining ring and rotate it one quarter turn clockwise to lock the bulb into the headlamp assembly (I broke mine so do this carefully). Re-install the headlamp assembly into the car; start with the headlamp facing up and rotate it down and level as you insert it. Then slide the %26quot;speed clips%26quot; back into place. They should %26quot;click%26quot; into place. Make sure that the headlamp is locked into place by the speed clips on both sides. Test the high beams and low beams. Replace the plastic shield using the dirt patterns to guide where it should go over and where it should go under. To replace the plastic rivets (remember the bigger ones are in the center of the car), make sure the pin is only inserted a little way, push the outer housing into the hole, when the outer housing is fully inserted into the hole, push down on the pin until it is seated. Close the hood. Now write a letter to GM about making this process take 30 minutes instead of the 4 minutes it takes on my other car. %26quot;





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Also, sorry i do not own a 2000 grand am, so i dont have any personal experience with this, sorry!I have a 2000 pontiac grand am. please tell me how to change the headlight. its blown out?i own a shop ,and the only thing you need to change in it is the bulb part of it,see if you can get to it when the hood is up ,i think on this one you can ,if not you can get if from under neath of it,but i think when you raise the hood on it that you can get to it,and twist off the lock ring and slowly pull out the bulb and harness part of it,one thing to keep in mind when your doing this, do not touch the new bulb with your fingers at all the oils from your skin will make the new bulb blow out in a very short time,other than that just be care full when you do it,its not that bad of a deal to do,good luck with it hope this helps.I have a 2000 pontiac grand am. please tell me how to change the headlight. its blown out?Open the hood...either you get at the bulb connector directly behind the headlight, or have to lift the plastic guard %26quot;above%26quot; the headlight. once the connector is off, the bulb retaining ring or bulb itself rotates counter clockwise, and the bulb can be pulled back out of the headlight.



Often there is a locking tab you have to depress to rotate the locking ring or bulb.



If you buy a new bulb at Advance or Auto Zone, they will usually help you change it too...I have a 2000 pontiac grand am. please tell me how to change the headlight. its blown out?1. Go buy headlight.



2. Go buy tank top



3. Go by a car repair shop.



4. Play stupid so they do it for free.I have a 2000 pontiac grand am. please tell me how to change the headlight. its blown out?there is a large plastic (black) cover that sits over headlights,

once hood is opened. has a couple of stickers on it. this goes from fender to fender.



1.remove it. it is held it by 8 push in retainers. remove those by partially removing the center and the entire retainer shoutd pull out. there are two different sizes so pay attention to where they came from. larger diameters ones go in center and smaller ones on the outside. the cover slides out from under the front grill cover and pulls away.



2. then look down at the headlight to remove. behind it you will see two stamped steel retainers that are folded over at the top. these need to be fulled up. dirt can make these hard to pull. once loose, pull out the entire headlamp assembly.



3. remove the bulb, the headlamp bulb is held in by a large black retainer. its easier to unplug the wire pigtail at this point.

lift up the hook that holds it in place with a screwdriver. but careful not to break them. then rotate the large black retainer

and pull it away. the bulb will fall out.



4. DO NOT touch the glass of the new bulb. the oils on your hands cause excess heat and can shatter new bulb.

install new bulb into the headlamp assm. it needs to be orientated in a specific spot. just turn it around to find correct position. then install the black retainer, careful not to break it. they WILL break if installed incorrectly.



5. to reinstall headlalmp assm, there are plastic guides that must go back into place. to help, spray some wd40 on them to aid in assembly. these go through the metal frame and those metal retainers you removed are what hold these in place and hold the assm in place. then reinstall the metal retainers, also use wd40. once intstalled reverse the teardown porcedure.



once done, check headlamp operation.

good luck