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jvillerauder
05-02-2010, 05:15 PM
i had the passenger fog light out or so i thought . so i bought a new one and after replacing it still no light. i checked to see if i had electrical current flowing to it which i did but still wont come on. now neither side fog light comes on so im asking if anybody has any ideas as to why this has happened. id greatly appreciate any help with this problem . thanks
fastblackmerc
05-02-2010, 05:34 PM
Do you have power & grounds to both lights?
jvillerauder
05-02-2010, 05:42 PM
yes i do. or at least i think i do.
jvillerauder
05-02-2010, 05:42 PM
i definitely had power and im pretty sure they were grounded.
Speed
05-02-2010, 06:47 PM
Make sure the two springs in the socket where the light bulb sits is making contact with the the light bulb.
Cobra25
05-02-2010, 06:51 PM
Please let us know if you are planning on going to the Picnic this year.
fastblackmerc
05-02-2010, 07:00 PM
Pull the bulb and see if you have power & ground at the bulb contacts.
jvillerauder
05-02-2010, 07:37 PM
i do have power and ground at the contacts and the bulb
filament looks good.
Spectragod
05-02-2010, 07:58 PM
Bad bulb? Ohm it out with a meter, somtimes the filiments break and you cannot tell with the eye.
jvillerauder
05-02-2010, 08:47 PM
ok ill give that a try in the morning.
fastblackmerc
05-03-2010, 04:05 AM
i do have power and ground at the contacts and the bulb
filament looks good.

Then the lights should work. :dunno:
jvillerauder
05-03-2010, 10:15 AM
i know. i dont know why but it doesnt.
Weaver
08-26-2010, 04:27 PM
I'm having a similar problem... drivers fog light went out, new bulb didn't fix it. Checked the 18 fuse inside, good. Relays sound good according to my buddy .."FTP" or whatever those relays were?

So I pulled the little footlong cord that connects to the socket and blew it out with some air. No luck, and now the passenger side is out! WTH?
Got_1
08-26-2010, 06:16 PM
corrosion at the connections? i had to replace the pigtail because of corrosion
Blk Mamba
08-26-2010, 06:37 PM
I'm so sick of mine going out all the time I don't even turn them on anymore, I'll relocate them to an easier place to work on, then fix them.
bob6364
08-26-2010, 06:42 PM
clean the hell out of the socket,fill it with dielectric grease and jam the bulb in there...rock them fog lights
Bradley G
08-26-2010, 06:56 PM
both my pigtails got all goobered up from corrosion.
wired in two more with a kit that I got from the dealer, complete with shrink tubing.
I think they were just under twenty bucks each.