Side markers & parking lights don't work

[boredom.is.me]

Good to hear!

[Perry]

I have the same problem but mine was i installed my fog lamps and tapped it to my side markers. and now i changed my fog lamps t o hella optilux extreme yellows and then when i turn it on my side markers not working tail lights and license plate lights dont work also.

[ScionFR-S]

i would replace the fuses , theres two fuse boxes also idk if you knew so replace the fuses even if they dont look broken, unplug the battery and leave it off for about 15-30 minutes then try again

[frs10]

Originally Posted by Perry

I have the same problem but mine was i installed my fog lamps and tapped it to my side markers. and now i changed my fog lamps t o hella optilux extreme yellows and then when i turn it on my side markers not working tail lights and license plate lights dont work also.

its the fuse, same thing happened to me when i changed my side markers.

its under the steering wheel, its tucked tight under it.

its the forth fuse up on the right, it controls the side markers and tails.

[bama_brz]

Originally Posted by frs10

its the fuse, same thing happened to me when i changed my side markers.

its under the steering wheel, its tucked tight under it.

its the forth fuse up on the right, it controls the side markers and tails.

Looked up a lot of stuff on here, none more important than this one for getting me out of a ticket and not wasting time chasing down the right fuse. Thank you!
-Blake

[ericmpena]

So I just ran into this problem yesterday. I noticed that my boomerangs, side markers, tail lights, and 4rd brake light from Fn'A Auto all were not working.

Of course the fuse for "Tails" was blown, so I went out and replaced it. All the lights started working except for my 4th brake light. I kept the parking lights on so that I can mess with the 4th brake light bulb and see if I could get it working. The 4th brake light bulb came on for a split second and then went back out...along with all the rest of the parking lights. Doh!

Maybe I shouldn't have been trying to fix the bulb with the parking lights still on? I've done it this way in the past and never had a problem, but I may have just been lucky then.

I checked the new fuse that I just installed and saw that it had already blown out.
Unfortunately the package of fuses I bought only had one 10amp low profile fuse. I did however have a 7.5amp low profile fuse, so I put that one in there for the meantime so that I at least have some lights when I drive to work tonight.

All the lights are working with the 7.5amp fuse. I plan on getting another low profile 10amp fuse tomorrow.

The only other thing I have noticed is that my alarm system no longer blinks the bomerangs and tail lights when I arm or disarm it. I verified that the 7.5 fuse is still holding up and all the parking lights are coming on as usual, but my alarm system does not seem to be getting a connection to my parking lights anymore.

I'm thinking I can take my car to place I had the alarm installed and ask them about it. I'm guessing maybe another fuse is blown on the alarm itself?

So with all that said, does anyone have any suggestions I should try before replacing the 10amp fuse again or taking my car to have the alarm fuses checked out?

Thanks for any help!

[CrazyWookiee]

Haha. Yeah. Same thing happened to me. My side markers and DRL's wouldn't come on, but signals were working and brake lights. Driving me crazy. In the end I checked every fuse individually and this one was the culprit.

Originally Posted by Cajun

Oh my god i fixed it. I looked on other scion forums and someone posted that one fuse will just say tails, but it controls the side markers and parking lights too. So I tested that fuse for the third time, it was a ok. But I changed it anyway, cause I also read that sometimes fuses appear to be good when they aren't. And it worked!! Woop!! Thanks for all yall's help!! (Can u tell my Cajun is coming out lol (y'all))