[Shop-talk] Chasing down an auto wiring issue

[Tim]

When I say "fixture" I guess I should have said replaced the light 
itself.


On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:15 PM, Scott wrote:

> So just...snip the old one off and splice in a new one?
>
> On 9/11/2012 7:27 AM, Tim wrote:
>> I would lean towards the bulb/fixture as well. My S10 also has these 
>> running lights. When one of mine went out the rest of the headlights 
>> worked fine. I replaced the fixture and all was fine.
>>
>> tim
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Scott wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, it's in the shop, and you guys are probably better at this 
>>> than anyone else...
>>>
>>> My CTS daily driver has 'parking' lights in the headlight housing (I 
>>> don't know what else to call them--little white lights in the corner 
>>> of the housing...'marker' lights, maybe?). The driver's light is 
>>> out. It's not the bulb. The other lights in the housing work fine, 
>>> as does the passenger side marker light.
>>>
>>> I have no idea how to go about chasing this down. Short of 
>>> disassembling the car and examining or replacing the wire...I got 
>>> nothing.
>>>
>>> Any help?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
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