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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 03:21 PM
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I can't seem to get my parking lights to come on when they're supposed to. They don't come on in the parking light position or the headlight position. The headlights function just the way they should: low beams come on in headlight position, highs and lows come on in high beam position, both turn off but remain in the 'up' position when taken back to parking, and then retract when taken back to off. Is this a bad switch or relay? All the parking lights come on when I unlock my car with my fob, so I don't think it's a blown fuse, and I checked all the connections on the headlight control module. Do you know where the relay is located that controls the parking lights? Is this possibly a bad switch in the stalk? Thanks
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 09:08 PM
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Had the same problem with my vett. It was a bad switch. Did the repair found under headlight switch failed. Sorry, I done have the link handy. The repair took about 1 1/2 hours and it works well.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 11:30 PM
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Thanks for the tip. I found the thread you mentioned and was able to fix my problem. Saved some $$$!
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Any possibiity of posting up the thread link you used? Others may want to reference it.
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Old Jul 28, 2010 | 01:33 PM
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Mines worked that way from the day I bought it! Thought the Corvette gods decided that's the way it was supposed to work
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