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Old Jan 4, 2005 | 08:24 PM
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Headlight doors w/fog lights

Did a search, couldn't find anything on this. For some reason I have a hard time believing I'm the only person with this problem.

When my fog light switch is on, if I turn on the parking lights, the headlight doors pop up but the lights are off. The same thing happens if I turn the parking lights on first, then turn on the fog lights. Any suggestions?
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Old Jan 4, 2005 | 10:51 PM
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check if the wires behind the swick to see if they are melted or fused you are going to need to pull the wite harness out use a flathead. let me know how you make out
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 06:23 AM
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I have the same problem I believe its a short in the switch because if I push the parking light button on very slowly it just turns on the parking lights and no head lights took me a little bit to figure it out but now I can always just turn on my parking lights and not pop up the headlights that are off lol
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Old Jan 7, 2005 | 09:26 PM
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Originally posted by 92Transam
I have the same problem I believe its a short in the switch because if I push the parking light button on very slowly it just turns on the parking lights and no head lights took me a little bit to figure it out but now I can always just turn on my parking lights and not pop up the headlights that are off lol
Let me give myself a big DUH Thanks, I totally forgot that the switch is designed with a feature to pop up the lights without turning on for maintenance, and the switch with a short would cause this undesirable effect. I won't have time till Monday but at least I won't waste time and I'll start with the switch.
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Old Jan 10, 2005 | 10:25 PM
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Hmmm... I pulled the switch today and saw no problem in the immediate area with the wiring/harness. Oddly enough though its not acting up after I pulled out the switch. I had this prob when I first got the car and it disappeared. Being I'm not the only one I'll keep searching and keep you guys posted.
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