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Rodney Hill Posted on Jan 25, 2015
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No Low beam head lights and no turn signals or hazard lights. Already changed the multi function switch. What to look for next?

Already changed the multi function switch and now the wipers and cruise control work but still no turn signals, hazards, or low beam headlights. What to look for next?

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When you had the wiring loose for multifunction switch, if possible, knowing what color wire did what, using wiring diagram, I believe you could have used jumper wire to bypass multifunction switch to see if this or that system would work, if it doesn't, the multifunction switch probably wasn't the problem. On older vehicles it was probably easier to do something like that. Could be issue with wiring in steering column or clock spring, where applicable.Your low beam from dimmer switch goes through drl relay, with relay not energized. At the low beam head lamp, tan wire is voltage, black wire is ground.

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