2G Strange electrical issue the exterior and interior lights do not work

[kt239]

The problem I'm having is that the exterior and interior lights do not work. The flashers work and break lights work but nothing works with the switch. Everything was fine until I installed the hid kits so I tried it without them and the lights worked fine! Seems simple just remove hid kits and everything works but the housings I got changed my bulbs to h1 and they've proved themselves useless. The only other thing I can think of is since these are h1 style housings and the ground wire goes to the plate the bulbs mount on is it possible the housings need grounded? Seems like a far stretch but I'm low on ideas for when I get home.

 

[kt239]

Does anyone have any idea? My switch is grounding out all the wires it should, I've checked all the fuses I can find, all the relays are good... Idk I'm lost cause at some point the power is not making it to the headlight relay under the hood and my dash lights do not work.

 

[LiquidX]

Did you visually look at the fuses or did you pull them and check continuity. Sometimes they don't blow on the top. After that, you could use a test light and start checking for shorts by hooking up a test light by disconnecting the negative battery terminal, hooking one end of the test light to the negative batter post and the other end to the ground straps that connect to the battery.

Make sure that all lights are off and the car is off. If the test light illuminates, then you have a short. Start pulling fuses until the light goes out and you have found your circuit to begin further testing.

Post up if you do not find anything with those 2 tests.

 

[nightstocker99]

where did you get power from? also everything that is electrical must be grounded to work properly and safely.

The problem I'm having is that the exterior and interior lights do not work. The flashers work and break lights work but nothing works with the switch. Everything was fine until I installed the hid kits so I tried it without them and the lights worked fine! Seems simple just remove hid kits and everything works but the housings I got changed my bulbs to h1 and they've proved themselves useless. The only other thing I can think of is since these are h1 style housings and the ground wire goes to the plate the bulbs mount on is it possible the housings need grounded? Seems like a far stretch but I'm low on ideas for when I get home.