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Old 07-16-10, 09:01 PM
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help my tail lights are out !!!!!!

checked fuses and are fine wtf ???? no dash lights and seems like my car is just doomed every time i **** with something.. something els pops up
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If your illumination fuse is good then chances are your headlight switch has a problem. If you were to disconnect the switch from the harness and jumper the W/G wire to the R/B wire in the harness your tail lights should come on in addition to the sidemarkers and front parking lights. If you jumper the W/G wire to the R/G wire in the harness your dash lights ought to come on.
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Maybe you should buy a Haynes manual if you dont want to **** it up. Has everything you need to know about the cars electrical system
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If your illumination fuse is good then chances are your headlight switch has a problem. If you were to disconnect the switch from the harness and jumper the W/G wire to the R/B wire in the harness your tail lights should come on in addition to the sidemarkers and front parking lights. If you jumper the W/G wire to the R/G wire in the harness your dash lights ought to come on.
ok yea i forgot to mention that my head lights work fine but no dash lights or tail
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no dont buy a haynes manual look at the fsm for your vehicle , heres your link https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...18#post5131218
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Originally Posted by agentsmith39
ok yea i forgot to mention that my head lights work fine but no dash lights or tail
Doesn't matter. The headlight switch's job as far as turning on the headlights is to put a ground on the W/L wire and that's all. Also, I'm sure your sidemarkers as well as the front parking lights are also dark as the night.
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Doesn't matter. The headlight switch's job as far as turning on the headlights is to put a ground on the W/L wire and that's all. Also, I'm sure your sidemarkers as well as the front parking lights are also dark as the night.
ok i will swap it out tomorrow thanks guys for the info
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When the switch is becoming problematic the harness is usually damaged as well. When the headlight switch is disconnected from the harness you can look into the harness side of the plug and see burnt spots which indicates the damage.
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Originally Posted by bostonspgs
no dont buy a haynes manual look at the fsm for your vehicle , heres your link https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...18#post5131218
woops or that too. 0o0o i have been looking for that thanks
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word of advice. the harness and all the switches connected to the harness MUST BE OF THE SAME SERIES RX7.

also... replace the switch and the harness. if you dont replace both, it will mess up again.




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