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Old Jun 13, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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So i bought fogs and low beams from ddm tuning and i installed the fogs. My problem is that when they are on for about 5 minutes and i'm driving my wipers will start to move a bit and a weird sound comes from the wiper motors as far as i can tell. Only does it when im driving so far. Does this mean i need to upgrade the wire harness for the fogs? If so should i upgrade the low beams too when i install them?
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 06:17 PM
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 07:39 PM
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Umm the wipers and fogs are totally separate circuits. That is really... weird.
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 09:39 PM
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add a relay so its not pulling power from you pcm but directly from the battery, and problem solved, that happened to my car added a relay and problem sloved.
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Old Jun 14, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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Fogs nor wipers are connected to the PCM...
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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 05:50 PM
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yup i tried it again this morning and about 30 seconds after i turned them on still parked there was a very weird noise coming from the engine bay, seems like it was the wiper motor but not sure? what relay and how to install and ill give it a try!!
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 07:55 AM
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have you tried turning them on in a parking lot, and trying to trace out the sound? i dont see how this issue could be connected to your fog lights. Im not saying it isnt, but it just seems very wierd.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 10:26 AM
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sure the weird noise isn't the ballast? I know when mine are on, they have a high pitched background type noise.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 11:42 AM
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Mine are doing the same thing. I have been tryin to find out where the sound is coming from but no luck yet. It is just the fogs. Turn the fog lights off and it goes away.
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 02:24 PM
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Pretty sure its the ballasts. Open your hood and listen to them and then shut the lights
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Old Jun 16, 2010 | 05:28 PM
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Maybe it's putting a high draw on the box that controls your Daytime Running Lamps. I have HID Lows and Fogs but I did the mod to disconnect the Daytime Running Lamps and I don't have any issues with it. I also did the wiring mod that lets you run your fogs with the parking lamps on and not have your headlamps on.
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Alright I believe it is the drl's. I drove around with fogs on til I got it to make sound. I was able to determine that with the fog hid on, the parking lights on and no engine I got no sound. Then turn key to where drl come on and then i get the weird sound. I assume then that the drl's are causing the problem but how come it does not do it right away. It took awhile for this problem to show up. Also the sound that is makes is coming from driverside firewall or under drivers side dash. ( I did not take apart to see where sound is coming from but it is not coming from the drl box behind the radio.)

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i have the same problem. only when the lights are on, my wipers will move up and down ( not all the way, just at the park position when you have them on and they are in delay ) it drives me nuts! i also have done the drl mod but that isnt helping. where and how is this relay installed. another thing is, my friends have the same hid kits as i do and have no problems. is this problem year specific? my car is a 98...if that matters...
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Old Jun 17, 2010 | 07:45 PM
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JUST ordered the wire harness hopefully will have it installed and tested by next week!! hope this solves the use. I believe they are drawing to much power and causing weird issues. Glad i'm not the only one, even tho its not a good thing
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Originally Posted by spaulsen
i have the same problem. only when the lights are on, my wipers will move up and down ( not all the way, just at the park position when you have them on and they are in delay ) it drives me nuts! i also have done the drl mod but that isnt helping. where and how is this relay installed. another thing is, my friends have the same hid kits as i do and have no problems. is this problem year specific? my car is a 98...if that matters...
mines a '98, and i have not had this issue.
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Old Jun 18, 2010 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by GOR1LA
JUST ordered the wire harness hopefully will have it installed and tested by next week!! hope this solves the use. I believe they are drawing to much power and causing weird issues. Glad i'm not the only one, even tho its not a good thing
what harness did you order and from where? is the place that has the harness saying this will fix the problem or are they guessing?
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Probably getting the harness from DDM tuning I would imagine.
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Old Jun 19, 2010 | 05:46 PM
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hey guys ordered from a guy on ebay, since ddm wants just a bit to much for there kit. My car is a 98 as well, maybe we just got lucky with the freaks of the bunch! Curious about how to do those 2 mods (DRL's and Fogs on without anything else).

Hope this works or i'm up **** creek!
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Old Jun 20, 2010 | 11:52 AM
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do you remember what kit ddm offers? i would prolly rather get there kit, of course depending on the price. model number?
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It is $15 from DDM. Called their HID kit wiring harness, Item # 370-HID-8133-5486523658
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