park lights don"t work
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park lights don"t work
Just brought home my 2002 Ram 1500 SLT crew cab checking it out found that none of the parking lights work checked the fuse box under the hood took the two relays for the parking lights out swapped them with other ones that I know work and still no lights the only other thing I can think of is the switch itself....any suggestions
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RE: park lights don"t work
I had issues with my 03 Hemi.
After much checking, lots of head scratching and thread bashing, I found it was the power distibution center............fuse box to you and I.
Thereare a bunch of printed circuits running through it, that corrode.
This makes a high resistance/open circuitearth return, stopping the front contol module turning on the park lights.
You can test this by putting a jumper into the park relay and check if the lights work south of the relay.
That way you will at least find out if there are any problems further back from the park lamp relay/fuse box.
It will also give you temporary lights.
Just remove the park lamp relay, put a thin wire jumper between pins 30 and 87 of the park relay, then push the relay back into the socket.
Turn on your park lights and all should be OK.
If it is, it's the fuse box.
This information is with ref to my 03 Hemi 3rd gen truck.
I beleieve the info will be the same for your 02.
This is another, known and famous issue with Dodges.
I purchased another PDC/fuse box whilst on holiday, from a dealership and fitted it on my return home to the UK.
No more problems.
I have helped at least 5 members of different forums about this same issue and ALL bare none, after all the simple stuff like relays and fuses were checked etc,were the fuse box.
Hope this help bud?
Al
After much checking, lots of head scratching and thread bashing, I found it was the power distibution center............fuse box to you and I.
Thereare a bunch of printed circuits running through it, that corrode.
This makes a high resistance/open circuitearth return, stopping the front contol module turning on the park lights.
You can test this by putting a jumper into the park relay and check if the lights work south of the relay.
That way you will at least find out if there are any problems further back from the park lamp relay/fuse box.
It will also give you temporary lights.
Just remove the park lamp relay, put a thin wire jumper between pins 30 and 87 of the park relay, then push the relay back into the socket.
Turn on your park lights and all should be OK.
If it is, it's the fuse box.
This information is with ref to my 03 Hemi 3rd gen truck.
I beleieve the info will be the same for your 02.
This is another, known and famous issue with Dodges.
I purchased another PDC/fuse box whilst on holiday, from a dealership and fitted it on my return home to the UK.
No more problems.
I have helped at least 5 members of different forums about this same issue and ALL bare none, after all the simple stuff like relays and fuses were checked etc,were the fuse box.
Hope this help bud?
Al
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Dakota Light Problem
Hello all, I just got my lil black 02 dakota slt 3 weeks ago and a few days back a lady pulled out in front of me and i hit em. I had to pull the front bumper off the truck. Everything works fine except the park lamps, tail lamps, plate lamps, and cluster lights. Ive heard these are all on the same circuit. I checked relays, fuses, grounds, and bulbs: all good. if anyone could help i would greatly appreciate is. I love my lil truck and its a shame not to see her on the rd.
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good post on that issue here:
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...s-stay-on.html
or here
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...ng-lights.html
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...s-stay-on.html
or here
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/3rd-gen...ng-lights.html