Maz94Protege

Today i was unpluggin my Washer L.E.D.s. from my bypass switch i made. (so the leds can be turned off manually not by parking lights). And i had the parking lights on. jus to see when the leds were on and off. and i heard a "click". Just like when ur turning on or off ur headlights. I thought i accidently hit the switch on teh steering column. But it wasnt touched.
So here is the problem. When i flip my headlight switch on, no dash lights, no dimming lights on clock. Nothing is backlit! No Ext lights, tail lights, rear sidemarker lights, front corner lights ETC. but my headlight DO work. Im lookin at the relays and fuses. No fuses are blown. And its hard to check Relays at 12 midnight...since no place is open!!!

As i read through the Haynes Repair Manual, i found out there is a TNS relay. "Flasher relay, door lock timer relay, horn relay, (and what im dealing with) Side Marker/Tail/License/Tail Illumination (tns) relay, and wiper relay.


Gemme some tips for u all mechanical people. Im kinda lost and stuck!

Maz94Protege

Solution.
I went to my buddy steves house today (killacotton) and we figured out the problem. There is a 15amp FUSE in the driverside Kickpannel Fuse box. its labeld "TAIL" this is the entire Parking Light system fuse. Steve used his amp meter to check which fuses and relays were bad and found it.

I need to pick me up a digital amp meter like he has. Came in handy!!

mazdaspeedwest

looking at the diagram below, the relays are located above and to the left of the clutch pedal. The 4 lined up, going towards the firewall, headlight relay, taillight relay, flasher relay (blue), wiper relay. Then next to the wiper relay is the doorlock relay and next to the headlight relay is the horn relay.

next time use a fuse

islandpro

Glad you found the problem. I had the same thing happen to me. Like two days after i got my car.