misterdega

Recently noticed my driver’s side parking light wasn’t working.

Replaced bulb. Didn’t work. Swapped bulb from passenger side, still didn’t work. Have checked connections, and listened for that tiny click to make sure it was pushed in all the way but still no luck.

To be clear, every bulb I’ve put into the passenger side always works. Those same bulbs, once on the driver’s side, don’t work. All the other bulbs in the housing on both sides work just fine.

Getting no warnings of any kind in the dash.

Any thoughts? Thanks ahead of time! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

CAVU

Check your fuses. for the 997.2, there are multiple fuses involved for exterior lighting. Not sure what 997 version you have. I am guessing 997.1 since you are moving bulbs around.

misterdega

I have a .1. But with fuses, wouldn't it give me some sort of message in the dash?

CAVU

When I am looking at a problem like the one you face, I always start with the fuses. I would not assume that the PAG engineers would design the fault detection system as anywhere near complete.

misterdega

Copy that. Ok that’ll be my next step. I just wonder if a single bulb would be connected to a single fuse. No other lights are having issue.

For fuse checking, is best practice simply to pull each one out and see if they are blown?

CAVU

Electricity gets moved around along a lot of different paths and modules (computers) just to make one thing happen, e.g. brake lights

With key out of the ignition, yes check each applicable fuse by pulling it out and check visually or with an ohm meter. If there does not appear to be a visual break, I like to double check with the ohm meter.

Also a good time to confirm the correct fuse sizing.

Petza914

The first thing to check is whether power is coming to the bulb socket. Take a meter and see if you are getting 12v at the socket. You probably are not or the bulb would work, unless the socket connection actually has a problem and isn't holding the bulb contacts correctly. The next thing I'd do is disconnect the battery for 10 minutes - DON'T LATCH THE FRUNK. This will reset any of the bulb control modules. If a bulb isn't working, the control module will eventually stop sending current to that circuit. After reconnecting the battery, test it with the meter again, if still no power at the socket, proceed with checking fuses and other normal diagnostics.

misterdega

if I don’t have a meter, I can simply try the battery disconnect for 10 minutes right?

Petza914

Of course.

misterdega

no dice on battery method. Disconnected for a little over 10 minutes, started lights, and same parking bulb still out. Now gotta check all the fuses. Thanks for the suggestion though! I was hopeful.

misterdega

solved! Connector was a bit loose on bulb... needed a little bit of love. Thanks everyone.