2000 Maxima Foglight Help 5thGen

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NismoA33
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I am looking to get a fog light wiring diagram for my 5th Gen. I just got some fog lights from eBay, I know where everything goes, except one cable. It's a yellow wire that goes on the harness by the switch. Since It's on the Switch's harness, it should go plugged in somewhere under the dashboard, but im not too sure where. Here's a picture of what I am talking about. Thanks!



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You will need to dig through the FSM for your model:

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/maxima

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I read the diagram and I couldn't understand it. If anyone has installed Fog lights on theirs, I just need to know where to plug this one connection in. Pictures will be really helpful :D

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You have an after-market kit so the wire color-coding may not follow the Nissan wiring diagram color coding. From page EL-91 of the FSM (Front Fog Light Wiring Diagram), the only 4-pin inline connector is E100 which is the Combination Switch Light Switch. That Yellow wire corresponds to the Red wire with Green Stripe (R/G) in the wiring diagram and goes to Pin 12. The Fog Lamp is enabled when the Combi Lighting Switch is either at the 1st or 2nd position. That wire then goes to the Fog Lamp Switch and then into the Fog Lamp Relay. Again, I'm just relying on the FSM wiring diagram to correlate with what you have.

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This one has 4 pins but only one slot has the cable so it's really a "one pin". But now that I see, it should go somewhere to the Lighting Switch, correct? Sorry, I'm just new at this. Your help is appreciated :D

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Based on the picture that you have, the yellow wire is already at Pin 12 (RH side, facing harness) of the E100 connector. There must be instructions that came with the kit on how to wire that connector E100 so that Pin 11 (LH side, facing harness) and Pin 12 have wires going into them. You may have to transfer pin from one connector to the other, depending on the kit that you have.


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