Rear Fog Light Stays On?????????

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December 17, 200619 yr

I have just got the car back from having a poly bushing kit fitted and the rear fog lights are on all the time??. They go off if I flash the main beam but otherwise they are on no matter what!!.

Flat battery tomorrow :cry:

Cheers,

Harty.

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December 17, 200619 yr

I would say it could be a switch fault.

My reasoning is....

The light circuit is a normal switched live feed to the lamp, but the switching side (relay coil) is a switched negative. If you had a broken wire from the relay to the lamp it would just short out and blow the fuse. So as it turns off with the full beam on, then I'd sugest looking at the switch area to see if a wire is shorted there!!

HTH

Page for wiring diagram >> http://300zx.co.uk/cgi-bin/manual.cgi?list=el&dir=&config=&refresh=&direction=forward&scale=0&cycle=off&slide=60&design=default&total=133

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December 17, 200619 yr

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I would say it could be a switch fault.
My reasoning is....

The light circuit is a normal switched live feed to the lamp, but the switching side (relay coil) is a switched negative. If you had a broken wire from the relay to the lamp it would just short out and blow the fuse. So as it turns off with the full beam on, then I'd sugest looking at the switch area to see if a wire is shorted there!!

HTH

Page for wiring diagram >> http://300zx.co.uk/cgi-bin/manual.cgi?list=el&dir=&config=&refresh=&direction=forward&scale=0&cycle=off&slide=60&design=default&total=133

Cheers Mate.

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