This is stupid problem that shouldn't even be a problem at all... unfortunately it's going to cause me a dead battery one of these days so i need to take care of it --
The factory fog lights on my '02 Tj go on when you just touch the switch...
They are switched on the same stem as the lights and the turn signal. if you twist the end it turns the lights on. If you push up or down on the stem it turns on the turn signal. If you pull the tip of the stem out (toward the driver door) it clicks into place to turn on the foglights. My problem is this.. With the headlights turned to 'off' --any slight tug in the foglights direction turns them on (before the 'click'-- in fact with headlights off you can't pull the foglights to the on position) If you push on the tip in the 'foglights off' direction, they go off, but then you hit a bump and they come back on. This is a problem because they go on and off like this when the car is parked. The only way to keep them off it to put the turn signal on... then the foglight switch works as it should.
Obviously this is a stupid little electrical connection problem -- most likely within the stem. My problem is, how do i get into the stem? There are no visible screw, no flaps or snaps... its made of plastic and i know if i play with it i'm going to break it. My jeep is under warranty but i feel like an idiot taking it in for this-- not to mention I would have to take time off work to get it there and pick it up and i dont have a second car blah blah blah.. Does anyone have a service manual or know how to get in and fix this ridiculous little gremlin?
Thanks
The factory fog lights on my '02 Tj go on when you just touch the switch...
They are switched on the same stem as the lights and the turn signal. if you twist the end it turns the lights on. If you push up or down on the stem it turns on the turn signal. If you pull the tip of the stem out (toward the driver door) it clicks into place to turn on the foglights. My problem is this.. With the headlights turned to 'off' --any slight tug in the foglights direction turns them on (before the 'click'-- in fact with headlights off you can't pull the foglights to the on position) If you push on the tip in the 'foglights off' direction, they go off, but then you hit a bump and they come back on. This is a problem because they go on and off like this when the car is parked. The only way to keep them off it to put the turn signal on... then the foglight switch works as it should.
Obviously this is a stupid little electrical connection problem -- most likely within the stem. My problem is, how do i get into the stem? There are no visible screw, no flaps or snaps... its made of plastic and i know if i play with it i'm going to break it. My jeep is under warranty but i feel like an idiot taking it in for this-- not to mention I would have to take time off work to get it there and pick it up and i dont have a second car blah blah blah.. Does anyone have a service manual or know how to get in and fix this ridiculous little gremlin?
Thanks