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Old 07-20-2016, 03:50 AM
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Okay, well I recently replaced one of my fog lamps and one headlight motor, and noticed neither of my park lights work with headlights or fog lamps on. My turn indicators work, and I am guessing those are the same bulbs. Any ideas? Where do I start with troubleshooting it? I have a multimeter, but not the best when it comes to "pin 1, pin 13" type lingo...so would appreciate the "for dummies" solution. I might add, my dash cluster is out of the car right now, though I am guessing that would not interfere, since the turn indicators work. Thanks!
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Okay, well I recently replaced one of my fog lamps and one headlight motor, and noticed neither of my park lights work with headlights or fog lamps on. My turn indicators work, and I am guessing those are the same bulbs. Any ideas? Where do I start with troubleshooting it? I have a multimeter, but not the best when it comes to "pin 1, pin 13" type lingo...so would appreciate the "for dummies" solution. I might add, my dash cluster is out of the car right now, though I am guessing that would not interfere, since the turn indicators work. Thanks!
If the rear parking lights are also not working the tail fuse is probably blown.
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My turn indicators work, and I am guessing those are the same bulbs.
Same bulbs. Different filaments. The turn indicator bulbs are dual filament and have one filament for the parking lights and a different filament for the turn indicator.
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Check, dissemble, clean and reassemble all the ground connections and confirm with a DVM.
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There's a harness connection at the bottom of the steering column. Check that all the pins are seated, that's where my problem was.
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If the rear parking lights are also not working the tail fuse is probably blown.
I think my rear parking lights are working, but will check. Thank you!
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Same bulbs. Different filaments. The turn indicator bulbs are dual filament and have one filament for the parking lights and a different filament for the turn indicator.
Hey, that's a really good point! I'll look those over. Thank you!
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Check, dissemble, clean and reassemble all the ground connections and confirm with a DVM.
I bet they're pretty dirty. A good consideration. Know where I could find a pic/diagram of the ground locations? Thank you!
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There's a harness connection at the bottom of the steering column. Check that all the pins are seated, that's where my problem was.
Another good spot to check. Know where I might find a pic for the location of that harness? Thank you!
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Another good spot to check. Know where I might find a pic for the location of that harness? Thank you!
Just look under the dash at the end of the column, it's a pretty big pigtail you can't miss it.
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Just look under the dash at the end of the column, it's a pretty big pigtail you can't miss it.
Inside the engine bay, or the interior of the car? If it's in the engine bay, will I see it from on top? Thank you!
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Inside the engine bay, or the interior of the car? If it's in the engine bay, will I see it from on top? Thank you!
Interior, just drop the panel under the drivers side dash.
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Interior, just drop the panel under the drivers side dash.
Okay, great! Glad I asked...I figured it was in the engine bay. Thank you!
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I bet they're pretty dirty. A good consideration. Know where I could find a pic/diagram of the ground locations? Thank you!
Try this link. Shows them all:

http://home.earthlink.net/~cliff_har...s/grounds.html
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I've been looking for something like that. Is there any way to view the pics larger? Thank you!
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