I have a 2009 Jeep Patriot. I currently have no tail lights? I have checked fuses and bulbs.
is car battery fully charged, and at >=12.6vdc rested?>
is this uSA car, or in a country with manitory, DRL lamps
Daylightrunninglamps......??????????
parks, they are, the tail lights on all modern cars are park.
after all the front park lamps cant be called, tail lights.
so begs the question are all 20 park lamps out.
front, sides read, and inside cab. those too are park
dash dimmer lamps run off of PARK feed.
The MK jeep, ill log in to mitchells for you. and read that page.
my guess is the BCM or TIPM modules run this feed.
year tells me that.
but first the 2 questions, due to me not there .
1: car drives and runs perfectly ? day and night?
2: no other electrrics dead>?....??? all , of them......
a: check fuses, all fuses? or just some.
b: did you scan the PCM yet, it will tell you whats up. on this car.
not scanning modern cars is a hopeless path... for sure.
the parks lamps on , are sent via car networks.
unlike cars of old with simple switch and copper wires.
3 computers in the chain,,,,,
scan it you must,
here is the page in the the FSM covering PARKS.
quote:
The park lamps system includes the left (lighting) multi-function switch, the SCM, the EMIC and the TIPM. The front park/turn lamp and the position lamp bulbs each have a path to ground at all times through their connection to the engine compartment wire harness. The engine compartment wire harness has takeouts with eyelet terminals that are secured by nuts to ground studs on the front end sheet metal within the engine compartment. The rear lamp units and license plate lamp bulbs have a path to ground at all times through a takeout and eyelet terminal of the unibody wire harness that is secured by a nut to a ground stud on the body sheet metal within the passenger compartment.
The SCM monitors a hard wired multiplex input from the left multi-function switch, then sends the appropriate electronic headlamp switch status messages to the EMIC over the LIN data bus. Then the EMIC relays the appropriate electronic message to the TIPM over the CAN data bus. The TIPM responds to these messages by providing a battery voltage output to the appropriate lamp bulbs through high side drivers on the proper park/tail/license/running lamp right and left circuits. The TIPM and the SCM also send the appropriate electronic messages to the EMIC to control the illumination and lighting level of the panel lamps.
The TIPM provides a battery saver (load shedding) feature for the park lamps, which will turn these lamps OFF if they are left ON for more than about eight minutes with the ignition switch in the LOCK position. The SCM and the EMIC each provide a fail-safe feature for the park lamps, which will send an electronic message to the TIPM to turn these lamps ON automatically if there is no input available from the left multi-function switch. The TIPM also provides a fail-safe feature for the park lamps that will turn these lamps ON automatically whenever a loss of CAN bus communication is detected with the ignition switch in the ON position.
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