"Parking" lights?
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Racer
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From: Dallas, Oregon
"Parking" lights?
Okay, I admit to being really uneducated here, but where exactly are my front "parking" lights? I know I have running lights, I see them. I know I have fog lights, I see them. But when I turn on the "park" lights, the running lights turn off and nothing else in front turns on!! I know the circuit is active because the taillights and rear license lights come on. Do I have two dead bulbs somewhere? Are the running lights also supposed to be the parking lights and the circuit is fouled up? Help!!
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Does sound unusual that both bulbs have burned out filaments. but you might try installing fresh front bulbs. Do the front turn signal lights work? The turn signals and the DRL's use the same (brighter) filament in the bulbs. Parking lights use the lower brightness filaments.
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Racer
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Does sound unusual that both bulbs have burned out filaments. but you might try installing fresh front bulbs. Do the front turn signal lights work? The turn signals and the DRL's use the same (brighter) filament in the bulbs. Parking lights use the lower brightness filaments.Last edited by OregonDan; Jun 27, 2019 at 04:42 PM.
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I don't remove that lower panel to replace them. I either go in through the brake duct (pushing it down away from the fascia and reaching my arm through there) or raise the headlamp manually with the motor **** (you need to remove the motor connector before doing this) and reaching deep under the DRL and remove the bulb that way.
If a bulb is burned out you will typically know. Your signal lamps would be "fast". If it's fast one way but not the other then whatever side it's "fast" on is the side a bulb is burned. If they're fast both - relatively rare but wouldn't be completely out of the ordinary - then both bulbs may be burned. This "fast" function occurs primarily because of what c4cruiser described.
If a bulb is burned out you will typically know. Your signal lamps would be "fast". If it's fast one way but not the other then whatever side it's "fast" on is the side a bulb is burned. If they're fast both - relatively rare but wouldn't be completely out of the ordinary - then both bulbs may be burned. This "fast" function occurs primarily because of what c4cruiser described.
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Racer
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I don't remove that lower panel to replace them. I either go in through the brake duct (pushing it down away from the fascia and reaching my arm through there) or raise the headlamp manually with the motor **** (you need to remove the motor connector before doing this) and reaching deep under the DRL and remove the bulb that way.
If a bulb is burned out you will typically know. Your signal lamps would be "fast". If it's fast one way but not the other then whatever side it's "fast" on is the side a bulb is burned. If they're fast both - relatively rare but wouldn't be completely out of the ordinary - then both bulbs may be burned. This "fast" function occurs primarily because of what c4cruiser described.
If a bulb is burned out you will typically know. Your signal lamps would be "fast". If it's fast one way but not the other then whatever side it's "fast" on is the side a bulb is burned. If they're fast both - relatively rare but wouldn't be completely out of the ordinary - then both bulbs may be burned. This "fast" function occurs primarily because of what c4cruiser described.
Thanks for your suggestions, Velocity Vette!
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As per the OP, both sides have DRL/Turn Signal/Hazard lights working fine. It is the Parking Lights he is complaining about, so there can't be hyperflashing in this case
Last edited by GCG; Jun 27, 2019 at 07:52 PM.
