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    Quote Originally Posted by dankwun View Post
    So I wired my fog lights power directly to the fog light fuse and they work now. Just gonna hook them up to a toggle switch. But my headlights are buggin so im thinking my LCM is going. Both lights will work, turn them on and off then only one will work, turn them on and off again the only the other one will work, then do it again and the both work again. LCM?
    Are your headlight HIDs?

    When the relay in the LCM goes both headlights won't come on.
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    yeaup, they are HID's. I thought that was my problem but i changed the whole conversion kit ..ballasts, wires, and bulbs.. and im getting the same exact problem.
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    Just put a relay in the LCM. Costs next to nothing and you can do it in 15 minutes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zack View Post
    Just put a relay in the LCM. Costs next to nothing and you can do it in 15 minutes.
    If you have the right tools and can solder you can do it.

    Did you replace the existing relay or add the external one?
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    "I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes, if you **** with me, I'll kill you all"
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    In my opinion the LCM should have been a recall, this a safety facto and could cause fatalities, the headlights could fail as they did with me at night on a curved road, had I not reacted quickly and pulled back on the dimmer I could have easily run off the road.

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    i have the tools but i dont trust my soldering skills at all.
    i aint gettin old, my style is wine..

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    dennis, when you turned the dimmer down the lights came back on?
    i aint gettin old, my style is wine..

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    Quote Originally Posted by dankwun View Post
    i have the tools but i dont trust my soldering skills at all.
    Send it to me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zack View Post
    Just put a relay in the LCM. Costs next to nothing and you can do it in 15 minutes.
    Yes, Thank you very much too hasn't happened anymore. It's a really big relief worrying when and where they are going to go out.

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    I did the external relay upgrade this morning in my 04 MGM. Not a difficult job at all, but there's more hassle involved than what fastblackmerc offers to do this task for. If you aren't pushed to turn it around in a day you might want to send it to him.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 69marquis conv View Post
    i did the external relay upgrade this morning in my 04 mgm. Not a difficult job at all, but there's more hassle involved than what fastblackmerc offers to do this task for. If you aren't pushed to turn it around in a day you might want to send it to him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 69marquis conv View Post
    I did the external relay upgrade this morning in my 04 MGM. Not a difficult job at all, but there's more hassle involved than what fastblackmerc offers to do this task for. If you aren't pushed to turn it around in a day you might want to send it to him.
    I have acquired 2 spare LCMs. These are ready to be installed. Here is the particulars: http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forum...ad.php?t=65996
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    NHTSA Investigation

    There was a NHTSA investigation into this lighting control module that included several model years of this platform. The investigation showed the failure rate did not warrant a recall (all vehicles can have problems, unless the rate is significantly higher than the industry as a whole, then it's not a recall. So thank all the crappy Kia & Hyndai & others for high failure rates.)

    You may find that by reflowing the solder around the relay terminals that you can fix intermittant failure of headlamps, turn-signals, cornering lamps, and brake lamps. If you don't know what reflowing the solder means, I wouldn't recommend that you attempt the repair as it takes some skill with the right type of soldering iron not to ruin the board.

    The modules are not necessarily interchangeable, upgrades were made and implemented at model year or as running changes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ahess77 View Post
    There was a NHTSA investigation into this lighting control module that included several model years of this platform. The investigation showed the failure rate did not warrant a recall (all vehicles can have problems, unless the rate is significantly higher than the industry as a whole, then it's not a recall. So thank all the crappy Kia & Hyndai & others for high failure rates.)

    You may find that by reflowing the solder around the relay terminals that you can fix intermittant failure of headlamps, turn-signals, cornering lamps, and brake lamps. If you don't know what reflowing the solder means, I wouldn't recommend that you attempt the repair as it takes some skill with the right type of soldering iron not to ruin the board.

    The modules are not necessarily interchangeable, upgrades were made and implemented at model year or as running changes.
    Reflowing the solder may not fix the headlight / relay issues as the relay is undersized for the amount of amps flowing through it. Most of the LCM's that I've repaired have a brown spot on the pcb which is caused by the relay getting too hot. IMHO, an external heavy duty relay is the only way to go.
    “When you can’t make them see the light, make them feel the heat.”
    Ronald Regan

    "The only way to deal with the Islamic State - these blood thirsty, blood-drunken, terrorists -
    is to kill them, keep on killing them, until you kill the last one, then you kill his pet goat."

    Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters

    “Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet.”
    "I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes, if you **** with me, I'll kill you all"
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    Quote Originally Posted by ahess77 View Post
    The modules are not necessarily interchangeable, upgrades were made and implemented at model year or as running changes.
    Everything I've seen says the '03-'04 LCMs are interchangeable and that includes the CV & MGM as well... Earlier or later ones do not...
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