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Foglight question.........
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Posted by: XLR8

Hey guys......I was wondering if anyone would know why one of the foglights on my '02 GT is dimmer than the other one. I changed the bulb out thinking that maybe it was bad but it is still significantly dimmer than the other one. Has anyone ever encountered this problem before? Any ideas on how to fix this?

Posted by: CODY2003

Might be a loose connection, moisture in the housing, bad relay, could be a lot of things.

Posted by: badass98svt

i think cody covered all the bases. disconnect the harness and look at, make sure theres no corrosion. reattach the harness, and make sure it "clicks".if there was moisture in the housing (behind the glass) i would think that you could see it. might be a bad ground. was the light bulb socket clean when you swapped the bulb, or was there some corosion in there?

Posted by: drummerstang98

getting some dielectric grease for it wouldn't hurt also, when you disconnect the plug

Posted by: JSTaGT

Do you have or know somebody that has volt/ohm meter? Put it on it and check the voltage. If the voltage reads good then it's the connection between the base and the connector. If not then it could be a few of the thing already mentioned.

Check the other side as well they should be very close in voltage. I'll dig up the wirring diagram for you and get the voltage reading it should be.

Are you the original owner? If you are and depending on when you purchased it still may be under warranty. If it is bring it to the dealer it should be a $0 fix for you.

Posted by: trucker2812

test voltage and amperage at both lights if same= bulb - if not =wiring or connection

Posted by: Mustang5L5

Check the voltage and the grounds

Posted by: badass98svt

I hope he figured it out by now...
This was back in January.

Posted by: 03GT

yes, I was recently washing my car and saw that there is water in my drivers side foglight. what do I do??

Posted by: Mustang5L5

Drill a small drain hole in the bottom of the fog light

Posted by: Prafopi

Another cause for uneven brightness in fog lights could be in the wiring harness.

Posted by: 00GT&03L

I just reaplaced mine, it was the easiest fix and not to expensive.

Posted by: MCRPARTS

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Originally Posted by XLR8

Hey guys......I was wondering if anyone would know why one of the foglights on my '02 GT is dimmer than the other one. I changed the bulb out thinking that maybe it was bad but it is still significantly dimmer than the other one. Has anyone ever encountered this problem before? Any ideas on how to fix this?

Follow the wires,sounds like you may have a bad or loose ground wire.