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Action

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1

Were you sent here from the Headlight System Check?

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Go to Step 2

Go to Headlight System Check

2

  1. Disconnect the DRL control module connector.
  2. Press the dimmer switch forward to the High position and.
  3. Test for continuity between cavity 3 of the DRL control module connector and ground using a J 39200 .

Is there continuity in the RED/YEL wire to ground?

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Go to Step 8

Go to Step 3

3

  1. Disconnect the turn signal/headlamp switch connector.
  2. Press the dimmer switch forward to the High position.
  3. Test for continuity between cavity 7 and cavity 16 of the turn signal/headlamp switch using a J 39200 .

Is there continuity in the turn signal/headlamp switch?

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Go to Step 4

Go to Step 5

4

Test for continuity between cavity 3 of the DRL control module connector and cavity 7 of the turn signal/headlamp switch connector using a J 39200 .

Is there continuity in the RED/YEL wire?

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Go to Step 7

Go to Step 6

5

Replace the turn signal/headlamp switch.

Is the replacement complete?

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Go to Headlight System Check

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6

Repair the open in the RED/YEL wire between cavity 3 of the DRL control module connector and cavity 7 of the turn signal/headlamp switch. Refer to Wiring Repairs in Wiring Systems.

Is the repair complete?

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Go to Headlight System Check

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7

Repair the open in the WHT/BLK wire between cavity 16 of the turn signal/headlamp switch and ground. Refer to Wiring Repairs in Wiring Systems.

Is the repair complete?

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Go to Headlight System Check

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8

  1. Move the dimmer switch forward to the high position.
  2. Test for continuity between cavity 2 of the DIMMER relay socket to chassis ground using a J 39200

Is there continuity in the WHT/RED wire to ground?

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Go to Step 9

Go to Step 10

9

  1. Remove the DIMMER relay from fuse and relay block 2 located in the LH front engine compartment, left of the battery.
  2. Connect a fused jumper from cavity 4 to cavity 3 of the DIMMER relay socket.
  3. Turn the light switch to the Head position.

Do the headlamps illuminate to the high setting?

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Go to Step 13

Go to Step 14

10

  1. Disconnect the DRL control module connector.
  2. Test for continuity between cavity 20 of the DRL control module connector and cavity 2 of the DIMMER relay using a J 39200 .

Is there continuity in the WHT/RED wire?

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Go to Step 12

Go to Step 11

11

Locate and repair the open in the WHT/RED wire between the IP lamp dimmer relay and the DRL control module. Refer to Wiring Repairs in Wiring Systems.

Is the repair complete?

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Go to Headlight System Check

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12

Replace the DRL control module. Refer to Daytime Running Lights (DRL) Control Module Replacement .

Is the replacement complete?

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Go to Headlight System Check

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13

Replace the DIMMER relay in the fuse and relay block 2 located in the LH front engine compartment, left of the battery.

Is the replacement complete?

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Go to Headlight System Check

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14

Locate and repair the open in the BLK/RED wire between the IP lamp dimmer relay and the fuse and relay block 1. Refer to Wiring Repairs in Wiring Systems.

Is the repair complete?

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Go to Headlight System Check

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