lighting issue continued.. fried wiring??
#1
lighting issue continued.. fried wiring??
Moving from the Current Project sticky so I don't clutter that thread anymore.
I'm afraid something is seriously wrong.
I reinstalled my halogen bulbs and found this:
The driver side lowbeam will not fully power the halogen bulb. The coil gets red like it has power, but it does not shine. The right side works fine.
With the car running and the lights on, the front turn signal stays on like a lamp. The left directional in my gauge cluster is lighted as well. Putting on the turn signal as if about to turn left does nothing.
With the car running and the lights off, the turn signal bulb is off. When I switch on the turn signal as if turning, my left headlight's corner bulb blinks like a very fast turn signal. The actual turn signal, however, does not turn on.
With the car turned off but with the lights turned on, the headlight does not turn on, the front turn signal is solid, and the in dash indicator is off. Switching on the turn signal does nothing.
Does this sound like my OEM wiring is fried? All my fuses are good right now, and I tried different bulbs in the headlight to make sure it was not the bulb. What is strange to me is that the HIDs work fine with the relay hooked up, except for the turn signal issue.
I'm afraid something is seriously wrong.
I reinstalled my halogen bulbs and found this:
The driver side lowbeam will not fully power the halogen bulb. The coil gets red like it has power, but it does not shine. The right side works fine.
With the car running and the lights on, the front turn signal stays on like a lamp. The left directional in my gauge cluster is lighted as well. Putting on the turn signal as if about to turn left does nothing.
With the car running and the lights off, the turn signal bulb is off. When I switch on the turn signal as if turning, my left headlight's corner bulb blinks like a very fast turn signal. The actual turn signal, however, does not turn on.
With the car turned off but with the lights turned on, the headlight does not turn on, the front turn signal is solid, and the in dash indicator is off. Switching on the turn signal does nothing.
Does this sound like my OEM wiring is fried? All my fuses are good right now, and I tried different bulbs in the headlight to make sure it was not the bulb. What is strange to me is that the HIDs work fine with the relay hooked up, except for the turn signal issue.
Last edited by shnee; 01-13-2010 at 06:16 PM.
#2
As a temporary fix, do you think I could tap the wires from the harness plug that is supposed to get its signal from the OEM plug, run some extra wire from that and connect it to my foglight switch?
Then I could just use the crazy blinking corner light as my turn signal, and always drive with my lighting switch always turned to the middle switch? That way, my taillights are on, my parking lights are on, my dash lights are on, and I will be able to make left turn signals (though oddly).
Then I could just use the crazy blinking corner light as my turn signal, and always drive with my lighting switch always turned to the middle switch? That way, my taillights are on, my parking lights are on, my dash lights are on, and I will be able to make left turn signals (though oddly).
#3
Long story short, turns out there WAS a bad ground, but did you know there is a grounding point behind the bumper, kind of behind the turn signal and under the headlight? I sure didn't. I was tracing the lighting wiring and just happened to come across it!
Everything works great!
Everything works great!
#6
I guess it's not really a grounding point, but whatever.
Thanks guys!
I found that during my last "okay what the hell is going on here" before I drove off to buy some wiring and shit for a separate headlight switch. So glad I came across it.
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