Lighting
Headlight relay circuit
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~108min
4/5difficulty
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Description

Inspection procedure
Ok: headlight comes on










Repair or replace harness and connector (head relay - headlight bulb and body ground)



Repair or replace harness and connector (headlight dimmer switch - body ground)
When the light control switch, located on the headlight dimmer switch, is turned to the head position, the head relay illuminates the headlights.
Wiring diagram
Inspection procedure
- Perform active test by intelligent tester (headlight)
- Connect the intelligent tester (with can vim) to the dlc3.
- Turn the ignition switch on and press the intelligent tester main switch on.
- Select the item below in the active test and then check the relay operation.

Ok: headlight comes on

- Inspect fuse (head ll, head rl)
- Remove the head ll fuse and head rl fuse from the engine room no. 2 Relay block.
- Measure the resistance of the fuses.

- Inspect headlight relay (marking: head)

- Remove the headlight relay from the engine room no. 2 Relay block.
- Measure the resistance of the relay.

- Inspect bulb (headlight bulb)

- Remove the headlight bulbs (low).
- Connect the positive (+) lead from the battery to terminal 2 and the negative (-) lead to terminal 1, then check that the bulb illuminates.

- Check wire harness (main body ecu - battery)

- Disconnect the e15 main body ecu connector.
- Measure the voltage of the wire harness side connector.

- Check instrument panel junction block (main body ecu)

- Measure the voltage of the main body ecu.

Repair or replace harness and connector (head relay - headlight bulb and body ground)
- Check wire harness (headlight dimmer switch - main body ecu)

- Disconnect the e17 main body ecu connector.
- Disconnect the e12 headlight dimmer switch connector.
- Measure the resistance of the wire harness side connectors.

- Inspect headlight dimmer switch

- Disconnect the e12 headlight dimmer switch.
- Measure the resistance of the switch.

Repair or replace harness and connector (headlight dimmer switch - body ground)
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