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Old 03-12-12, 02:59 PM
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I have a 98 sc300 and I just noticed my fog light, parking light, and side light (the orange one on the sides of the front bumper) are all out on the driver side of my car. I'm pretty sure it's fuse related... does anyone know where the fuse that controls these things is? It seems to be different on 97+ from what I found from searching around a bit.
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Fuse description is in the owners manual. I dont think its fuse related though, otherwise everything would be out, not just one side. Did u do mods lately?
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Originally Posted by Kalogerus
Fuse description is in the owners manual. I dont think its fuse related though, otherwise everything would be out, not just one side. Did u do mods lately?
I thought it would be fuse related as all three lights stopped working around the same time. I have not done any mods lately.
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bump, any ideas?
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Actually on a second thought, I take that back. You may be right. I was under the impression the whole side of the car (including tails) were out.

I took a picture of the fuse diagram in the book (which my dog chewed up ). These fuses are under the hood, test fuse #29
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Will do, although my headlight is working fine. It's just the fog light, parking light, amber side marker light. Maybe that fuse controls them all except it's partially blown or something?
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There is no such thing as partially blown. It is either blown or not. Check fuse #16 in the cockpit by the driver's knee. It is marked as FOG and its a 15AMP fuse. I'll post a picture in a minute.

If you have the owners manual check pages 214-217
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Could be a ground issue.
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Originally Posted by Kalogerus
There is no such thing as partially blown. It is either blown or not. Check fuse #16 in the cockpit by the driver's knee. It is marked as FOG and its a 15AMP fuse. I'll post a picture in a minute.

If you have the owners manual check pages 214-217
That's really weird because my SC doesn't even have that little fuse panel next to the one in the kick panel. My owners manual shows it there as fuse 17 (instead of 16 in yours.. prolly because mines a different year), but I don't see that fuse there altogether. This is really ticking me off now...
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Originally Posted by Luxor
Could be a ground issue.
Any idea where I could start to find where it may be grounding?
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Usually grounds are near. If it's right front that's malfunctioning, ground us somewhere near on the right front if the car. Same thing as left front , left rear, n right rear. I've seen plenty eat damage on the cars.
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Originally Posted by DONT SLEEP
Any idea where I could start to find where it may be grounding?
For those lights, there are ground points on each side of the car. Both ground points are located at the front parts of the fenders. Check out the driver side first. There is also a ground point for those lights at the left kick panel where all the fuses are. The ground is located above the fuse area.
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