MercuryZephyrZ7
01-26-2014, 12:33 PM
Hey all,
Im a fairly new member here, been lurking for a while learning a lot and bought my first MM back in November (Told my new bride I needed a bigger 4-door for the baby coming hah).
Anyways, Ive searched and saw a few threads with similar problems but none of them seem to offer much of a solution for me. SO...
When I bought the car one foglight was broken, and still is. They have never worked so yesterday when I was doing some fluid changed I decided I'd throw in a couple bulbs and see if they work. Well they did! And I was happy. So I went about the work and aftwerwards washed the car. Thats when things changed.
After the wash none of the above mentioned lights worked anymore. I still have brake lights, headlights/high beams, and turn signals. No tails, instrument, parking, or fogs anymore. The little light on the Headlight switch doesnt light up for the fogs anymore either. I Cheked the fuses and #21 was blown. I replaced it and it blew immediately again and again.
WHAT IVE DONE: Checked the wiring above the visor which was in good shape. I checked for a short in the tail light harnesses but found nothing. I switched my Foglight relay #207 with #209, then put in a new #21 fuse and it blew immediately again. So that didnt help.
My thoughts are as follows: Possibly after putting a good bulb in the broken foglight housing, then it getting wet may have done something...OR...I have a bad headlight switch. I dont suspect the LCM because my turn signals work. I ensured the plugs were seated on the back of the LCM as well.
Im skeptical it's the headlight switch too because the fuse keeps blowing, and if the switch was bad I would think the fuse wouldn't blow and just nothing would work.
The headlights come on at night in the Automatic position without tails, and they come on when I turn the switch all the way to the right, also without tails.
Im not sure what else to look at and Ive tried to include all of the info I can think of. Any help is appreciated, you all probably know a lot more about the electrical system on MM's than me at this point. Thanks!
Im a fairly new member here, been lurking for a while learning a lot and bought my first MM back in November (Told my new bride I needed a bigger 4-door for the baby coming hah).
Anyways, Ive searched and saw a few threads with similar problems but none of them seem to offer much of a solution for me. SO...
When I bought the car one foglight was broken, and still is. They have never worked so yesterday when I was doing some fluid changed I decided I'd throw in a couple bulbs and see if they work. Well they did! And I was happy. So I went about the work and aftwerwards washed the car. Thats when things changed.
After the wash none of the above mentioned lights worked anymore. I still have brake lights, headlights/high beams, and turn signals. No tails, instrument, parking, or fogs anymore. The little light on the Headlight switch doesnt light up for the fogs anymore either. I Cheked the fuses and #21 was blown. I replaced it and it blew immediately again and again.
WHAT IVE DONE: Checked the wiring above the visor which was in good shape. I checked for a short in the tail light harnesses but found nothing. I switched my Foglight relay #207 with #209, then put in a new #21 fuse and it blew immediately again. So that didnt help.
My thoughts are as follows: Possibly after putting a good bulb in the broken foglight housing, then it getting wet may have done something...OR...I have a bad headlight switch. I dont suspect the LCM because my turn signals work. I ensured the plugs were seated on the back of the LCM as well.
Im skeptical it's the headlight switch too because the fuse keeps blowing, and if the switch was bad I would think the fuse wouldn't blow and just nothing would work.
The headlights come on at night in the Automatic position without tails, and they come on when I turn the switch all the way to the right, also without tails.
Im not sure what else to look at and Ive tried to include all of the info I can think of. Any help is appreciated, you all probably know a lot more about the electrical system on MM's than me at this point. Thanks!