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Old 03-10-2012, 01:03 PM
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fog lights dont work

so i just got some fogs this past day, installed them and they dont work, i changed the bulbs, the relay, checked the fuse the harness connections and still nothing im completey stumped any ideas?
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Old 03-10-2012, 02:42 PM
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You say you checked or replaced those things. Can you be more specific on a couple things? The fuse is straight forward, but did you actually check power at the switch? When switch is set to "on," is there power at the relay? If there is power there, is there any at the foglight harness? If there is power at the foglight harness, then the bulbs or possibly the ground connection inside the fogs is bad.

I'd actually suggest verifying power from the fogs back through the relay then to the switch.
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will do ill pick up a voltage meter tomorrow, ill clean the ground inside the fogs and see if that works thanks dude
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This can be troubleshot even with a cheap test light or a home made test light! A 196, 1156, H4 etc bulb with 2 pieces of wire and 1 alligator clip!
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Old 03-10-2012, 09:15 PM
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problem solved! it was the fog light button itself located on the dash panel it would click but not stay down on the ON position maybe a bad spring caused this, thanks for help guys.
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Old 03-14-2012, 12:15 PM
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I have that entire dash piece with the fog light button and everything from a 93 SE. PM me if you are interested. I still have a lot of bits and pieces from the parts car I bought a couple summers ago.
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