weird park light issue...

[joefryday]

...they stay on. license plate light also. unless i pull the fuse or unhook the battery. any ideas? any help is appreciated. jason...

[jtgh]

combo switch is bad.

head/lights and parking lamps are all hot at all times circuit (safety)
so if the switch fails closed you get light. 24/7 or till battery dies.

pull steering wheel.
'pull combo.

some can be fixed in car , if you can get switch apart insitu.

a deft touch, that takes,,,,,

find a spare at wrecking yards. new is $$$$

[jtgh]

alt.
is something has shorted 12v to the park feed. anything is possible.

[joefryday]

...the headlights go off. just parks and license plate stay on like you said 24/7. combo switch for sure? do appreciate the response. i like cheap easy fixes, maybe a toggle switch... thanks, jason.

[joefryday]

whoa. just looked up that switch $873 at autozone on a 96. i'm not much on fixing things but i have a dude who is. is it possible to bypass the golden switch? that would sure make life more affordable. thanks for your expertise, i'll hafta fed ex you a cold beer...

[jtgh]

all switches can be bypassed

procecure.

pull wire that feeds park from down stream side of combo switch main conn.

take wire , and run it to SPST toggle switch (or any that you fancy)
now wire it to the new switch (whereever) and put other side to , tail fuse.

go to same fuse that old wires go now.

tell exact car will give exact schematic and a new drawing just for you.

most just find a wrecked doner car. but this works too.


give me (please)

year,
model, motor size 1.6 right and valve count 8 or 16 , and tranmssion type.
and number of doors. this really helps. 4wd or 2wd?
all drawings are indexed by those parameters.

see my sig.?

[joefryday]

thanks pal. you're doing a great job taking care of us technically-challenged. i actually got lucky and bought a used combo switch on ebay for $60 shipped. 96, 16v, 4x4. i may even be able to handle replacing it myself. thanks again. jason...

[joefryday]

...my tracker doesn't have cruise control. my new combo switch does. thought i'd ask before digging a hole, will it still fit? thanks again for the expertise. jason...

[jtgh]

it will have a Start Resume switch.

unplugging the combo switch, and see if lights go out, is pretty condeming of same.

im worried about the connector.
checking now.

cheers.

[jtgh]

lots of variables. No profile, so will guess a t 95
year car ?

cruise , tilt wheel. , DRL, and country ?


95 shows. uSA, Master PL

2 combo switchs, reg. and cruise.

the question is the connnector,
does it pick up pins in the diff harness?
i dont see custom harness, so i must pick up extra pins for cruise.

best i can figure.
BINGO found the connector drawing.
the main conn. is the same (includes canadian DRL) and has seperate connector for cruise.

your new switch will work, i think.

hope that helps

fill out your profile, and it gets way easier.
country , and car spec. no personal data.