96 240sx foglights don't work

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XerouShift96S14
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I've had this car maybe.. three weeks, little problems back and forth but nothing major..yet..However I noticed my foglights don't seem to work at all, I've turned them on via headlight switch and nada, dunno if theres no power going to them or they're not connected at all.

It might be a fuse, problem is my car came with no manual whatsoever so I have no idea where the heck this fuse is located to even see if it's burnt out.

Does anyone have a diagram of the foglight wiring so I can get in there and check it out?
Modified by XerouShift96S14 at 1:55 AM 1/7/2006


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If your car is an SE, the foglight fuse is at the back of the fuse box where it says "FR fog" or something along those lines. Not sure about the whole wiring, but on the SE I know the foglights clip right into the prewired harnesses.

...at least on my kouki, probably the same on yours although the fogs look a little different

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you do know that they only turn on when the headlights are on right.

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Yeah I know and even so they still won't turn on, It's either a fuse or the bulbs are burnt out.., either one is relatively easy to fix, just gotta do it now.

Oh yay, well found out is uses a 15 fuse, hurrah, that figures, the ONE fuse I have none of, I got 5s, 10s, 25s and 30s, but no 15s, *bangs head on hood* and I was at autozone today for new wipers, slipped my mind.

I can clearly hear a Clicking sound when I go to turn em on, just...no light, same when turning it off, sounds like the circuit is trying to activate just not getting anything, gonna test it with meter tomorrow, and a new fuse.

Modified by XerouShift96S14 at 11:32 PM 1/16/2006

Update - Fuse replaced, still no go, also found out my friggin amber bulbs for the side of my car, yeah they were dangling down by the firewall, fixed that, so now my reasoning is the fogs themselves are out, seeing as how one looks like it's gotten cracked pretty badly on the glass, I'll just replace them.
Modified by XerouShift96S14 at 2:25 PM 1/17/2006

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XerouShift96S14
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Problem solved, score one for me, hardest part was getting the freaking things off, the sliding screw in part on the right was stripped, I mean the fit for the phillips head, was a friggin HOLE in it.

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what was it? a burned bulb??

oh,

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Yep burnt bulb!


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