Parking Lights Will Not Turn Off
- Ensure headlight switch is in OFF position. Disconnect Black 14-pin headlight switch connector. See Figure
. Connect a fused jumper wire between ground and Black 14-pin headlight switch connector terminal No. 3 (Light Green/Red wire). See Figure
. If parking lights do not turn off, go to next step. If parking lights turn off, go to step 3
.
- Repair short to ground in Light Green/Red wire between Black 14-pin headlight switch connector terminal No. 3 and Gray 26-pin Central Timer Module (CTM) connector C1 terminal No. 7. See Figure
.
- Remove parking light relay from instrument panel junction block. See COMPONENT LOCATIONS
. If parking lights turn off, go to next step. If parking lights do not turn off, repair short to voltage in Black/Yellow wire between Brown 11-pin instrument panel junction block connector C8 terminal No. 11 and Black 14-pin headlight switch connector terminal No. 1. See Fig 1
. See EXTERIOR LIGHTS article.
- Connect scan tool to Data Link Connector (DLC), under lower left side of instrument panel. Turn ignition on. Ensure headlight switch is in OFF position. Using scan tool, select HEADLIGHT SWITCH VOLTAGE. If scan tool displays approximately 4.5 volts, go to next step. If scan tool does not display approximately 4.5 volts, replace headlight switch. See HEADLIGHT SWITCH
under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION.
- Reinstall parking light relay, while listening for a click sound. If parking light relay clicks upon reinstallation, replace CTM. See CENTRAL TIMER MODULE
under REMOVAL & INSTALLATION. If parking light relay does not click upon reinstalling, replace parking light relay.
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