Foglight help :(

[filthgrinder]

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could help me about before I go cry to an auto electrician, I went to get a RWC to sell my commodore and they said I had to hook up my driving lights that weren't connected when I bought the car.

I had tried to get them working before but I had problems with them staying on, so I bought a genuine foglight switch to get it done properly. I hooked into the loom behind the dash and they were working fine, but now they are staying on, even when the car isn't turned on, or when the headlight switch is off.

As I said they worked fine when I set them up and I haven't touched the car since last week when I did them. Any ideas????

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Have you checked the relay?

[filthgrinder]

Yeah I just bought a brand new one from Holden when I put the switch in

[Jesterarts]

Hang on... wait... what type of car are these foglights on?

Did these foglights come factory? If not... they don't been to be working for a RWC.

If they are not factory... tell them were to stick it... and if they still have an issue... take them off for the rwc...

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Most places will require anything fitted to a vehicle to be in good working order, regardless of whether they are factory or not. If you can't get them working, just remove them.

Try swapping the relay with another one and see what happens. It sounds like a dodgy relay. That is the only thing that is powered and earthed.

[filthgrinder]

Its on a VT acclaim, I assume when the previous owner put the clubsport bodykit on my car they installed them. I will try switch the relay and give it another shot. I hope thats the problem, just figured a genuine and new part straight from holden would be correct. And the car would look silly to sell with 2 big holes in the front lol.

[filthgrinder]

Update:

Switched the relay with one I know that works, problem remains. Even with relay out the lights are remaining on if that is any help??

Also I read the loom I'm meant to tap into has a white plug however I am tapping into a black plug. I would think this were my problem however I had them working previously....this is doing my head in hehe

[Jesterarts]

The lights are on even when the relay is out?!?

Means the relay you took out was not in the circuit for the foglights...

I think you might have 2 circuits crossed over or something...

[fitz_vt]

i would check and see if there is a different colour loom as this might be the problem or try connecting the loom the other way around.

[accentstencil]

If it is an ex Telsra vehicle you might be using the plug for the lights always on option.

[filthgrinder]

If it is an ex Telsra vehicle you might be using the plug for the lights always on option.

Thats what I was thinking as its a black plug, but i have pretty much torn the whole front right hand side of the dash open and cannot find another plug I keep looking and looking lol, even took the dash guages out before.

They are Navara? driving lights and the plugs seem to be very factory, running into a big black coil tube across the whole front end. The relay is in the correct place (according to the fuse map under the cover), but I see what you're saying, it makes no sense that they would remain on.

[SAMO-87]

Just my opinion, but if it's just to sell your car, pull the lights off to get a RWC. No use stuffing around with them trying to make them work, when the person who buys your car will most probably rip em off anyway..

If you think it'll help the sale, take them off, get RWC, put them back on, and just re-wire them on their own circuit.