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Old May 16, 2006 | 09:58 PM
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headlights wont turn off :(

i already looked through the faqs and i still dont kno what to do. heres the situation:

ever since i bought my car, the headlights were always an issue. the previous owner had the headlights running to a switch inside the car because they wouldnt turn off. i started investigating and i found that the harness going to the headlight and turn signal switch were all cut and destroyed. so i bought a new one and put it in, still the same thing. im looking and looking but i cant find anymore cut wires.

please help me fix this problem. the lights are still on even when i turn the car off. =( thanks
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Old May 16, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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disconnect switch and see if lights stay on. If not then switch is likely fried
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Old May 16, 2006 | 10:23 PM
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to blantantly thread-jack, is there anything i can do about the fact that my headlight just suck? there are dead spots in the beam so i cant really see at all

i just went on a 10 minute trip up the road and back and nearly died 5 times
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Old May 17, 2006 | 03:16 AM
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hrm.. the switch can do that? ill try and put in a different switch. i havnt done that yet..
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Old May 17, 2006 | 05:21 PM
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dont have to replace it to check it just disconnect it and if the lights go off then it is the switch if not then it could still be wiring.
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Old May 18, 2006 | 06:58 PM
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fyi

I recently encoutered a similar concern with my 89' vert. I could manually lower the headlights, but as soon as I plugged the headlight switch back in my headlights would pop up and stay on. I replaced the headlight switch and the same symptoms occured. I found that if I pulled the black/green wire from the headlight connector - everything worked normally. From the wiring diagram, it appears that the b/g wire grounds the headlight switch when the alarm is activated. In my case either the CPU is always grounding that wire or the wire is grounded somewhere in the harness. Try this - it may be your solution!
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