Parking Lights Not Working (Other Lights Fine)
 

Sorry if this is the wrong forum. I have a very annoying issue: the parking lights are not working. Thus, at night, when I am not on the brakes, I have no lights in the back. The headlights, turn signals, and brake lights all work fine, though. I have tried looking at the fuse panel, but nothing seems obvious. The "Stop Lamp" fuse is presumably fine since the stop lamps work fine. Any help would be much appreciated.

Man... I remember seeing this problem ages ago...

Your car has been ripped apart twice though, once to add the traction control system too I believe... So god knows what was touched...

I had this problem when one of the fuses wasn't in all of the way.

Pushed it in and it was fine.


Which fuse you ask? I don't remember. Sorry. :( Though, I think it was in the fuse panel in the footwell, not the engine bay.

Your fuse went pop. Happened to me when I changed my plate bulbs. No more running lights. Of course tails worked fine when I pressed the brake! Have fun pulling that fuse box out! :)

check the fuse!!

Traction control was never installed.

Interesting. I guess I am somewhat glad to hear that it could be just a fuse with the other lights still working.

OK, I'll spend some time this weekend pulling fuses and checking them. Unfortunately, the brake lamp fuse is right below some large white thing in the fuse box that doesn't seem to come out.

Check the fuses with a ohm meter or a test light. A visual inspection isnt always enough.

Probably the fuse. Going by what Elan said, the fuse is in the IPDM (you can verify using the Owner's Manual or FSM) which is located next to the battery. You can find DIYs for removing the IPDM in some of the steering lock threads (see link in my sig). It can be a PITA to get out (especially the first time) but not all that bad. The biggest problems I had were getting the wiring bundle that goes into the bottom of the IPDM past the mounting bracket and getting the trim piece to fit the bottom of the windshield properly. For the former, I just stuck my hand in there and guided the bundle around the bracket (I'm a small guy, so you may not be able to do that; a stick might help). For the latter, I just cussed a few times and kept at it until I got it right.

If it's not the fuse, I'd start looking for a loose connector.

It's possible that both lamps/filaments are burnt out ... but rather unlikely.

I think that IPDM is the part on the car responsible for the most of the swearing on the whole car. Getting it out is easy, its getting the dam thing back in. I find that when you have it out if you take the wires and bend them out towards the drivers side (it will make more sense when you look at it) that it keeps them from catching on the car as you slide it back down.

The lights in question are all LED, so no burnt out bulbs (wish it was that easy).

Wondering if it's the Tail/Illum1 Fuse in the IPDM, now that I am doing a bit of research.

That would be the first one I'd check. I'd still do a little more looking to see if there are any other candidates. A look at the FSM wiring diagrams will tell you for sure.

Well, I have checked all the fuses in the driver's side block as well as the IPDM and everything is good to go. Still no corner lights. I hear the relay kicking on when I move the switch into the parking light spot so at least from the stalk to the relay is working. *sigh*

Next thing I'd try is checking the voltage at the relay. Make sure you have power going to the lights when the relay is on. If the relay checks out OK, I'd move to the lights (or the next connector down the line) and check voltage there.

The thing is, it's all 4 corners that are out, which makes me think it is something well before the actual lights themselves. Also, since the other aspects of the lights work (headlights, turn signals, and brake lights), I think it must be between the IPDM and the lights. Problem is, just very little I can track through the car.

I did find one wire underneath the passenger side in the foot well area that was unconnected, but I do not see anything that it can connect back to. And for whatever reason, I doubt this is the culprit. But anyway, let me know if anyone recognizes this wire or knows why it is unplugged:

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