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Old Feb 19, 2010 | 07:21 PM
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Fog light relay question

The 90 vert I bought last August has fog lights that do not work. In looking under the hood and comparing views of other cars on the forum, I am wondering if I even have the fog light relay on my car. Can anyone take a look at the pics below and tell me what each of the relays do? Car #1 has five of them while mine has three and one of mine looks different than car #1. Thanks for any help I can get.
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Old Feb 20, 2010 | 09:46 AM
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Anybody?
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 08:27 PM
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Okay. Since nobody seems to have a clue what the various relays are in the pictures, does anyone have a pic you can post of a fog light relay? By process of elimination I could at least figure out if I even have one on the car. Thanks.
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 11:29 PM
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Have you checked for an unused plug in that area that has the fog light wiring colors?
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 06:07 PM
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Hmmm. All of the relays that are currently there have a harness connected to them. The only plugs that are in the area and are not plugged are the green one and the grayish-white one in the picture below. I have searched the FSM and on the forum and have not been able to find anything regarding the color of the harness. I also cannot find anything that shows what the fog light relay actually looks like. I am assuming a prior owner of my car may have removed it for some reason. Any help out there would be appreciated.
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Old Feb 25, 2010 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Goldfinger
Hmmm. All of the relays that are currently there have a harness connected to them. The only plugs that are in the area and are not plugged are the green one and the grayish-white one in the picture below. I have searched the FSM and on the forum and have not been able to find anything regarding the color of the harness. I also cannot find anything that shows what the fog light relay actually looks like. I am assuming a prior owner of my car may have removed it for some reason. Any help out there would be appreciated.
The green one goes to the foglight relay.
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 12:19 PM
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Thanks Arnomardi. That confirms that I do not have a fog light relay on the car. Other than signing over my first born child by purchasing one from a Mazda dealer, does anyone know a good place to source a new one? Checking Rock Auto and other parts sources I cannot seem to find one.
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 01:17 PM
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Thanks Arnomardi. That confirms that I do not have a fog light relay on the car. Other than signing over my first born child by purchasing one from a Mazda dealer, does anyone know a good place to source a new one? Checking Rock Auto and other parts sources I cannot seem to find one.
No problem. Just post a wanted to buy add in the classified section and Im sure you'll find one. Oh and also once you get the relay make sure you have a fuse in the fuse box by the drivers left foot for the fog light and you should be set.
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 02:32 PM
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IIRC, the fog light relay is just a standard Bosch pin arrangement, so any relay of the proper amp range should work.
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 02:50 PM
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Thanks for the help!
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