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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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Fog Lights not working

The fog lights in my car are not working. I put a test light on the pigtails to the fog lights and both wires have power to them. What should I look for to fix what ever is wrong?
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 05:01 PM
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If the test light illuminates when you are testing with both probes in the socket (not one in and the other on ground) either the connector(s) are dirty or the lamp(s) are burned out.


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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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Re: Fog Lights not working

I was testing them by hooking the test light clamp to ground, and placing the test light probe into each of the pins in the connector, one at a time. Is this not correct? It had power at both pins, and the bulbs appear to be good.
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Old Jan 16, 2012 | 11:30 PM
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Re: Fog Lights not working

i have the same problem i currently have the factory switch disconnected cause i had some smoke coming from the top of the dash and top vents
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 04:56 PM
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Testing… Testing… Is This Thing On ?

Originally Posted by 85Iroc-Z
I was testing them by hooking the test light clamp to ground
The problem testing it that way is the sockets might have bad ground connections therefore you might be bypassing the problem by not probing the sockets.


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