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07-27-2005, 06:50 PM | #1 |
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Parking lights don't work
The parking lights on my 02 WRX won't work, not in the parking light mode, nor when the headlights are on. They work only when I turn on the Parking light switch on top of the steering column. They also work with the alarm on. Do you have any idea what the problem may be? I'm worried about driving at night without tail lights and side markers, it's also illegal. Help please.
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07-27-2005, 07:01 PM | #2 |
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light switch might be bad (the one on the top of the column and the main one for the headlights, etc. are discrete which would explain why the one on top of the column still works)
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07-27-2005, 07:31 PM | #3 |
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Thanks, would you know how to check them both to see which one is bad? The first time it happened, I tapped on the switch on top of the steering column and the lights worked fine for about a week.
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07-27-2005, 09:55 PM | #4 | |
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07-28-2005, 01:26 PM | #5 |
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Thank you, now I have something "fun" to do over the weekend. I checked the parking light switch on top of the steering column and seems to be operating fine, I suspect the main light switch.
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07-28-2005, 01:47 PM | #6 |
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If the switch works the parking lights, you need to check the parking light relay and fuse #12 in the under dash fuse box and also fuse #7 in the main underhood fuse box.
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07-28-2005, 08:30 PM | #7 | |
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07-29-2005, 02:21 AM | #8 | |
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The fact the lights work when the parking switch is turned on proves fuse #5 is good. |
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07-29-2005, 09:04 AM | #9 |
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you aren't reading the diagram properly - pull fuse 7, and you loose your foglights, but the clearance lights still work with either switch. Pull fuse 12, and the dash illumination (speedo, etc.) doesn't work, but the clearance lights still work with either switch. Pull fuse 5, and the clearance lights don't work with either switch. If you don't believe me, go to your car and try it for yourself (I just did to make sure I wasn't going insane)
The connections you are looking at are to control the dash illumination (so it turns on when you turn on the main light switch, but not the one on top of the column) and the foglights (so that they can only operate when the headlights are turned on from the main light switch) |
07-29-2005, 10:20 AM | #10 |
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OK, I'll accept that the fuse #12 is for the dash lights, but fuse #7 in the MAIN engine fuse box should kill the parking lights - along with some others too including the dash lights. And if tapping on the top of the column helped, it's probably a bad parking switch or the connections to it. He should try flicking the switch fully on and off a few times.
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07-29-2005, 12:04 PM | #11 |
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Hello and thank you again. I checked absolutely all fuses under the dash and the hood(even those not related to the lights) and they are all fine. I cleaned the parking lights switch with WD-40 and now it operates fine. But I still don't have clearance lights when I turn the lights switch to either position. I checked resistance for both the combination light switch and the parking lights switch and they seem to be normal. I don't know what else to check, except maybe the clearance-tail light relay which I couldn't find. Does anyone know where it's located and wheter is marked, and how I could test it? Any other thing that I should check?
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07-29-2005, 12:40 PM | #12 | |
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08-02-2005, 02:15 PM | #13 |
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OK, this is what I found out. I checked the power on fuse #5 (tail lights) and it's fine (12V)with the parking lights switch, but when I turn the head lights switch to the position 1, fuse 5 only gets like 2.4 volts. Any idea what may be causing this?
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08-02-2005, 03:07 PM | #14 | |
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