[RESOLVED] Driving lights went out, and fuses appear to be good

[drethib]

Corner lights front and rear along with the dash light have gone out. Headlights, foglights and turn signals are just fine. Whats my next step ?

 

[jeremylee_7]

Did you just look at the fuses or did you use a multimeter? Fuses can have hairline cracks that are not easily viewable.

If that fuses are just fine, i would be looking at the relay and then the column switch.

 

[mikhro]

Did you just look at the fuses or did you use a multimeter? Fuses can have hairline cracks that are not easily viewable.

If that fuses are just fine, i would be looking at the relay and then the column switch.

^^^ +1

When I had that issue, I used to replace the fuse over and over again for the lights.....it ended being a bare cables from the bumper sidelight lights touching each other......I would double check any wiring that might have gotten stripped, cut or rubbed down to the bare wire.

 

[xtr3me]

Test the fuse box to see if your getting power there. Also have a friend turn on the lights and listen for the relay to click.

 

[drethib]

Thanks Ill work a few of these tests and post results

 

[nytescion]

I just solved my problem with this. First check the fuse under the hood labeled "TAIL" then there is a relay for that circuit also labeled the same I believe. The relay is actuated by supplying ground instead of supplying power. After checking these two check your driving lights up front, license plate lights and tail lights connectors make sure none of them are loose. if you still can't find whats wrong after that then your wiring for it has been cut somewhere. The blue wire with white tracer coming out of the relay is the wire you're going to want to track back into the car it comes out of the relay down the passenger fenders under the radiator back to the driver-side fender and into the car.

I'm not 100% sure cause my shop manual isn't in front of me. but this wire goes through 2 connectors after entering the cabin. another thing you might want to check before searching through this wiring is making sure the switch actually work (but if your headlights turn on that is a good indication that it's working ).

 

[drethib]

Did you just look at the fuses or did you use a multimeter? Fuses can have hairline cracks that are not easily viewable.

If that fuses are just fine, i would be looking at the relay and then the column switch.

Ahh thanks for the tip. This did not cross my mind

 

[drethib]

Did you just look at the fuses or did you use a multimeter? Fuses can have hairline cracks that are not easily viewable.

If that fuses are just fine, i would be looking at the relay and then the column switch.

Everyone thanks for all the feedback and jeremy thanks for pointing that out on the fuses. It was indeed the tail light fuse with a hairline crack literally.

 

[jeremylee_7]

No problem, i had an MPI fuse go out on me while driving down the highway and even taking the cap off I could not see any damage to it.