Park lights without headlights
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Park lights without headlights
Does anyone know a procedure to make your park lights come on without flipping over the headlights? Something that doesn't involve completely rewiring the whole system.
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The switch allows the parklight bulbs to come on without the headlight bulbs but the headlights still flip over. I want the parklights and driving lights to come on without flipping over the headlights.
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What year are you asking about?
My '96 works exactly like your wanting.
I turn on my parking lights (and fog lights) all the time without flipping the headlights.
Edit: Based on your username, I guess it's a '92
My '96 works exactly like your wanting.
I turn on my parking lights (and fog lights) all the time without flipping the headlights.
Edit: Based on your username, I guess it's a '92
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Ya it's a '92. I wonder what is involved to get mine to work like that?
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My '90 has the same dash as your '92. There should be a dial for the headlights with three positions. First is off, second is parking lights, third is headlights. The headlight buckets spin around when it is in the third position but not two. If you turn it one click, then press the fog light button located under the dial, you will have fog lights but no headlights. If you turn the dial all the way so the headlights come on, then go back one click, the headlights willl go off but the buckets will not flip down until you turn the switch off.
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My '90 has the same dash as your '92. There should be a dial for the headlights with three positions. First is off, second is parking lights, third is headlights. The headlight buckets spin around when it is in the third position but not two. If you turn it one click, then press the fog light button located under the dial, you will have fog lights but no headlights. If you turn the dial all the way so the headlights come on, then go back one click, the headlights willl go off but the buckets will not flip down until you turn the switch off.
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The first postion on the headlamp switch is for the parking lights. The headlamp buckets will not rotate open until the switch is moved to the second position.As Kubs posted, going from headlights to parking lights is a different story
It sounds like a bad headlamp switch.
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I'd first suspect the switch. On both my 96 and my son's 96, they BOTH went out. They did different things when they went out, but both problems were caused by the switches.
His kept the tail lights from coming on; courtesy of the local police for noting that. Mine prevented the **** from turning all the way to cause the headlights to raise and illuminate.
Pretty easy to swap, too.
Jake
His kept the tail lights from coming on; courtesy of the local police for noting that. Mine prevented the **** from turning all the way to cause the headlights to raise and illuminate.
Pretty easy to swap, too.
Jake
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Yeah, not supposed to work like that. WHere are you? Do you have an export model? If so, there may be a difference (or may not???) If not, I'd suspect the switch first.
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not sure about yours but mine is 88, If you pull the **** to the first detent the parks come on an no bucket rotation. If you pull it to the second detent buckets rotate and you have headlights. Now the crazy thing if you have the head lights on and you just go back to the park detent the head lights will go out put the buckets stay open. to get the buckets back down you have to go all the way to off then back to park. I though this was messed up a while ago and checked into it and it is correct.
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My '92 does the same thing. However, there is something wrong with your car...and mine. I have diagnosed it down to the headlight door module (left front corner of the car), but haven't fixed it yet. On MY car, if you turn the headlight switch from "OFF" to "parking light" really SLOWLY, the second your dash lights come on, STOP moving the ****. Now you have parking lights, and can run your "fog" lights too...w/o flipping the head lights. Lazy-man's way.
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not sure about yours but mine is 88, If you pull the **** to the first detent the parks come on an no bucket rotation. If you pull it to the second detent buckets rotate and you have headlights. Now the crazy thing if you have the head lights on and you just go back to the park detent the head lights will go out put the buckets stay open. to get the buckets back down you have to go all the way to off then back to park. I though this was messed up a while ago and checked into it and it is correct.
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