Miata Mailing List: August 1996, Message #219
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   From: RacerZack@aol.com
Subject: Re: Help! Help! My lights won't go down!
   Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 20:50:41 -0400

In a message dated 96-07-31 10:10:07 EDT, you write:

> Since you already switched retractor relays and it didn't fix the problem,
>  I suggest that you check for voltage on the red/blue wire coming to the
>  retractor switch. If it is there but not on the red/green wire, then you
>  probably have a bad switch.
>  
Dennis,

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm confused, though, as to how my wash switch
would just "die" like that. I'm no electrics expert, so I really wouldn't
know -- CAN this kind of thing happen? And, would a bad switch cause the
lights to stop going down under normal operation with the headlights on/off
switch on the turn signal stalk? What does the wiring diagram?

To answer some other people's questions, the chance that the switch is simply
unplugged is nil. I have already taken the center console apart to make sure
that the switch is plugged in, and it is *definately* plugged in. My hazard
lights work, so would that suggest that the problem is -not- the wash switch?
Or, are they unrelated?

 I should never have given the car an Italian name.....

Happy Motoring!                             -Zack

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