lights?

[austyfrosty]

i have a 90 festiva and i am having a problem with my lights. i used to have a problem with the dash, marker lights in front, and the tailights going out. when you hit the dash though they would come back for awhile. they hadnt gone out for a few weeks and now they just randomly decided to. i checked all the fuses this time because just hitting the dash didnt help no matter how much you hit it. so my question is what do you think came loose or is blown or what? i am just not sure where to head yet. figured i would prolly rip the dash apart and see what i could find. any help would be appreciated. thanks

[muscle_Car1]

I had something similar

It was that the taillight was replaced with a bulb with 1 connector on the bottom instead of 2.

[Guest]

did ya jumper the relay and see if they come on?

[Festarossa]

PLEASE tell me how to jump/bypass the relay. Thanks.

[JoDan]

PLEASE tell me how to jump/bypass the relay. Thanks.

Take a jumper wire and connect the two wires that connect to the relay

[sipderdoc]

I had a similar problem with mine ... "but only the high lights", hit your browser to turn on! until one day the disarmament carefully retirte the party that controls the lights and with a clean contact (SQ) and a very fine sandpaper clean (brush teeth with copper serves too) clean the contacts and re-arming another time, and I have not had any problems with the lights ... if you hit the board and turns it's because something is not making good contact, if you have a multimeter check the fuses, Remove and measure if you have a continuous flow meter pencil checks for a good contact if the problem did not get there (and if you already replaced the fuses and still does not work) you will have to carefully disassemble the browser, and clean the contacts

[Festarossa]

SOMEBODY PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!! It's been over 1 week now and I still cannot get my dash lights, parking lights and license plate lighs to turn on. I tried EVERYTHING!! I checked the relay, fuse link, fuse, light bulbs, cleaned ALL the contacts on EVERYTHING. The weird thing is that they were working just fine up to 1 week ago. The relay makes a clicking noise when I turn the switch on but nothing lights up. I've been in my garage every nite for the past week from 11pm-6AM trying to figure it out. I even bought a new relay ($32) and they still will NOT turn on!! Obviously, the light switch itself is not defective because like I said, it is sending a signal to the relay next to the passenger headlight since I do hear a "clicking" from the relay AND I bought a brand new one and my headlights and turn signals along with my high-beams work perfect. So I guess it can't be the light switch or the relay. I also checked the fuse links, and the regular 15amp fuse in the interior panel and they look ok. EVERYTHING else in the car works as it should. I really do NOT know what it can be??? Someone on here mentioned that I should take a jumper wire and "bypass" the relay but how do I do that? I do have some jumper wires but were do I connect them to? Do I connect them to the plug that usually connects to the relay itself? And then, where to I connect the other end? I've been driving my 1992 Mustang LX 5.0 for the past week since I cannot drive my "Festarossa", but gas is KILLING me!! Again, all four of my parking lights, dash lights and my license plate lights will NOT turn on. If ANYBODY can help it would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks! -Steve (313)220-3000. Berry874@hotmail.com

[mechanicaldj]

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