Originally Posted by 87 t-66 (Post 8749559)

i meant the wiper harness connected to the switch...not to the headlight.
http://mazdatrix.com/Pictures/switch...htHarness2.jpg

Originally Posted by J's fc (Post 8749582)

the wiper switch is also conected man

Originally Posted by 87 t-66 (Post 8749606)

any burnt pins on the harness or switch?

Originally Posted by J's fc (Post 8749783)

i think this headlight switch is of a s4 would that make a diffrence??

Originally Posted by J's fc (Post 8749783)

on the headlight switch the a super small burn mark. and i think this headlight switch is of a s4 would that make a diffrence??

Originally Posted by RETed (Post 8750103)

You cannot mix and match headlight switches between the series.


-Ted

Originally Posted by J's fc (Post 8750156)

damn there a bunch of people telling me that i can use that s4 on an s5.

Originally Posted by J's fc (Post 8750166)

what happens is that when i hook up the headlight switch and the blinker switch. the right signal get stuck and the head lamps dont turn on. I tryed to use the headlamp motor switch and i act like there is no power. wierd shit

Originally Posted by RETed (Post 8750265)

They are fuckin' idiots.
(Do you see this Aaron Cake? It's an expletive and not directed to anyone in particular.)
I've tried to do that, and it doesn't work.
If you want to listen to these other idiots, then go right ahead.
My experience tells me it doesn't work.


-Ted

Originally Posted by Napsterfreak15 (Post 8750379)

Thats not weird i had that exact same problem. I had a british switch and when i plugged it into the s5 jdm harness it did that same thing but somehing was shorting out and the wires got hot too. Then I used the s4 switch that was originally in the car.

someone stole my jdm gauge bezel and switches. (thats why i bought the british one thinking it would work and they did except for the blinker switch.)

I dont think i'm an idiot but all my harnesses in my car are jdm so maybe that makes a difference.

Aaron was my car tampered with or did an s4 switch really work for me?

Originally Posted by The Griffin (Post 8750814)

I'm curious why it doesn't work? Is it something with the switch that re-pining the connector can't fix? A simple answer will suffice,without being called an idiot :D

Originally Posted by J's fc (Post 8749783)

on the headlight switch the a super small burn mark. and i think this headlight switch is of a s4 would that make a diffrence??

Originally Posted by Icemark (Post 8752205)

To clear up a couple mis-conceptions in this thread:

Ted and '90rps13are incorrect on swapping the headlight switch between series. There is no issue swapping the headlight switch, however the Turn signal switch is not swappable. The turn signal switches wire completely different between series as the headlight switch harness, is also different between series and not interchangeable.

Also, the Right hand drive and Left hand drive switches are wired different, so you couldn't swap that way without re-pinning the harnesses.

So J's fc what exactly are you trying to do and I will tell you what you have to do to get it too work.

And one more time so it is clear, Left hand drive (North American style) Headlight and wiper switches are interchangeable between S4 and S5 models with only minor internal differences that do not effect operation and pin out. However Turn signal (which also controls the High Beam) and Cruise control switches are not interchangeable by series and would require re-wiring if using a S5 turn signal switch with a S4 headlight switch harness (and visa versa).

BTW: I posted up a couple years back what pins needed to be changed to use a S5 turn signal switch in a S4 car/light switch harness.



Yes, throw it and the harness that it was connected to away. You can not re-use a burnt switch and harness unless you don't care about them burning up further.