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cancam99ss
09-27-2011, 03:27 PM
Alright guys maybe you can help me out. I turned on the car about a month ago and none of my headlights were working! GREAT!!!! so today after over a month i finally took everything apart! thru away all the HID bull shit and bought new stock bulbs. After everything my headlights still dont work! my fog lights worked for 10 minutes turned the car off and then back on and bye bye fogs!

i checked the fuses none seem to be burnt. replaced the two lh/rh headlights fuses with new 25 amp fuses! also the fog light switch now does not even turn on!!

What do you guys recommend?


cancam99ss
09-27-2011, 04:35 PM
Also just went into the car and turn the headlight switch all the way to the right with the door open and the car off, and didnt even get the warning chime of the lights being on....headlights switch

wssix99
09-28-2011, 09:36 AM
Sounds reasonable...


cancam99ss
10-08-2011, 11:58 AM
it was the headlight switch!!! YAY

cancam99ss
10-20-2011, 07:12 PM
Alright guys i need your help again.....

So now that my headlights are working and replaced the headlight switch, the fog lights dont come on! Not even the light on the switch that tells you that they are on, but if i activate the alarm with the button pushed in as if it was on they turn on....... Already checked fuses, relays and replaced it with a used switch! could it be possible that i have yet again bought a non functioning fog switch?

wssix99
10-20-2011, 08:09 PM
Sounds reasonable...

Its easy to test - just check the wires at the switch.

cancam99ss
11-01-2011, 06:27 PM
New switch and it's still not working..... Going to check the wires

wssix99
11-01-2011, 09:42 PM
Just in case - I have to ask. Are your high beams on when you are checking the fog lights?

cancam99ss
11-01-2011, 10:40 PM
No they aren't on

wssix99
11-02-2011, 09:10 AM
Yea, you'll have to start tracing wires then. If you get power at the switch but not the lights, it could be the high beam relay. If you don't get power at the switch, it could be something more sinister. (or a fuse)

cancam99ss
11-02-2011, 09:11 AM
So if the high beam relay isn't working it would cause this

wssix99
11-03-2011, 08:39 AM
Fuse, switch, relay, wiring, or bulbs. (Its got to be one of those things.)

cancam99ss
12-04-2011, 07:18 PM
Fuse, switch, relay, wiring, or bulbs. (Its got to be one of those things.)

Not the fuse, nit the relat, not the bulbs n not the wiring

wssix99
12-04-2011, 09:35 PM
What are you seeing at the switches? Do you have power to the back of the headlight switch? (They go bad from time to time.) Also, I believe all the headlights then go through the high beam switch, so you could have an issue there if the main switch checks out.

cancam99ss
12-04-2011, 10:17 PM
i hav no lights in any of my ac controls and any of my gauges....ill try a new headlight switch,....maybe that will help it

14k
12-04-2011, 10:51 PM
check the "dimmer" fuse i drove around for about a month until i decided to check all my fuses while i was there and the dimmer was burnt. replaced it and good to go

cancam99ss
12-04-2011, 10:55 PM
I replaced it! But it seems as if I don't have any power coming in it

wssix99
12-05-2011, 05:57 AM
I replaced it! But it seems as if I don't have any power coming in it

Maybe you have some cut wires somewhere. This could all be related.

I'd suggest investing in tracing the wires with an electrical tester instead of switching stuff out and experimenting. That will get really expensive...

cancam99ss
12-27-2011, 10:59 AM
It's was fuses! I bought a tester and replaced all the wires

cancam99ss
12-27-2011, 12:05 PM
And fuses now it all works