My TL is NOT a VW, WHY!?

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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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My TL is NOT a VW, WHY!?

So, a few days ago, I was sitting in the fog for maybe a hour taking photos.
Then suddenly I noticed my lower fogs have shut off. Along with my lower fogs, my sidemarkers and parking lights went out. Weird, I thought.
So I checked it out. Turns out "Hazards" and "Small Lights" fuse had blown. [15a and 10a respectively].
So, I proceeded to swap the fuses... except I did not have any fuse except 15a and higher. I proceeded to install them. Tested it. Left turn, fine. Right turn, not fine. EVERYTHING (all interior lights minus domes/vanity) will flash in sequence with my right-signal, along with that... the left front will flash white [I have switchbacks], the sidemarkers [not supposed to flash] flash, the brake lights flash and the license plate light flashes! wtf? So, I turn that off. Turn parking lights on... and in my dashboard I see that it's "stuck" on signaling right. The passenger sidemarker stays amber. wtf?

So, I figured I'd let it sit with everything off for a while. Turned the car back on, flipped the parking lights on and bang! Everything goes out. Both fuses blew again. wtf?
So, I went to my friend's car and got his spare 10a and put in the correct amp'd fuses. Turned the parking lights back on and bang! It blew again.
It blew every single fuse I put in that night regardless if I signaled left/right or had parkinglights on!. So I let it sit.

Now flash forward till last night---where I proceeded to install resistors. Most of the issues are fixed... except for the first one. It's "stuck" on signaling right when parking lights are on, thus I cannot signal left/right. And if I tried signaling right, EVERYTHING will flash like before. Even if I put my hazards on... everything will flash. Otherwise, everything is blinking at the normal speed [and the left signal works perfectly fine].

Then two hours later, my VSA light came on. I no longer have the ability to turn on/off my VSA. By VSA light I mean the one written VSA and the one with the symbol!

At times, when my parking light is on, it'll light a sort of semi-pink-amber color. I THINK that the amber+white LEDs are both on [it can light white and amber sometimes]. I haven't gotten the chance to swap the switchbacks or swap them for halogens to test cause it's been raining since this morning [I have no garage].

Anyone have a clue whats going on? It's annoying!!

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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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I have a video of everything flashing but the file is like 100mb, recorded on my N8. Trying to see if I can upload it.
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 02:29 PM
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will try taking out the bulb today, but.... no one has any input? =(
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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It's obviously the aftermarket stuff you installed. Just throwing new fuses at it without changing anything is a very bad idea. You will eventually hurt something which it sounds like you did with the VSA light.

I would unplug everthing aftermarket and go from there.
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 03:14 PM
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It's obviously the aftermarket stuff you installed. Just throwing new fuses at it without changing anything is a very bad idea. You will eventually hurt something which it sounds like you did with the VSA light.

I would unplug everthing aftermarket and go from there.
It's just very crazy that it happened during the time I sat in the thick fog.
The fuses were taken off and left alone the moment they blew... they now have the regular rated fuses in there.

I was driving this morning and noticed the VSA lights come on after my hand-brake is disengaged.

I'm going to try to put the halogens back in to replace the switchbacks to see if anything happens.
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Old Nov 17, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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IHC, can the VSA lights go on due to brake issues?
I remember seeing that my front pads are starting to really fade and I'm starting to get wear on the rotors.
Haven't checked brake fluid yet.
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Old Nov 18, 2010 | 12:19 AM
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fixed my issue but still have vsa light on. A reset did nothing. Switchback half works. Leds are in working order but one of the pin connections fried which is the cause of things behaving weird.
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Old Nov 28, 2010 | 10:56 PM
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Try resetting the ECU by disconnecting the battery terminals for about 5 minutes. This should fix your problem.
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