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- 2008 Ford Focus SES Coupe
Hello, everyone. I've been searching everywhere for a resolution to my issue. So I recently bought a 2008 Ford Focus SES Coupe (Manual Transmission), as winter vehicle. Being that I live in the Northeastern United States, I wanted to install a remote starter in it. I purchased one and did extensive research on how to install it. Including getting all of the wiring from wirecolor.com and using the wiring diagrams included with the remote starter and the bypass module.
I should also add that I have installed my own car electronics (including remote starters) successfully for the past 3 decades. I wired the remote starter in without issue. I got it working. However. I hadn't hooked up the parking light wire to flash the parking lights with each click on the remote starter. So I hooked that up to the wire specified in my documentation. and from that point on, none of the exterior lights will shut off.
None of my exterior lights are shutting off, when I turn the headlight switch to the off position. Parking lights and headlights stay on. It doesn't seem to matter if the remote starter is running the car, or not. When I turn the headlight switch to parking lights only, the headlights turn off. In troubleshooting I took the headlight switch out of the dash and disassembled it to inspect it for visual damage, burned or melted wires or contacts. It all appeared to be fine. I also unplugged all of the connectors from the remote starter and the bypass module and the problem persisted. I've also undid all of my wire ties and double and triple checked my wiring. After doing some research I am wondering if I somehow latched the exterior lighting circuit within the BCM….or if possibly I fried the headlight switch. Sorry for the long winded post, but I wanted to show that I had put in some work trying to troubleshoot the issue, while also providing as much information as I could. I see a lot of posts where people don't do either of those things. Thank you in advance for any help that you all can provide.
I should also add that I have installed my own car electronics (including remote starters) successfully for the past 3 decades. I wired the remote starter in without issue. I got it working. However. I hadn't hooked up the parking light wire to flash the parking lights with each click on the remote starter. So I hooked that up to the wire specified in my documentation. and from that point on, none of the exterior lights will shut off.
None of my exterior lights are shutting off, when I turn the headlight switch to the off position. Parking lights and headlights stay on. It doesn't seem to matter if the remote starter is running the car, or not. When I turn the headlight switch to parking lights only, the headlights turn off. In troubleshooting I took the headlight switch out of the dash and disassembled it to inspect it for visual damage, burned or melted wires or contacts. It all appeared to be fine. I also unplugged all of the connectors from the remote starter and the bypass module and the problem persisted. I've also undid all of my wire ties and double and triple checked my wiring. After doing some research I am wondering if I somehow latched the exterior lighting circuit within the BCM….or if possibly I fried the headlight switch. Sorry for the long winded post, but I wanted to show that I had put in some work trying to troubleshoot the issue, while also providing as much information as I could. I see a lot of posts where people don't do either of those things. Thank you in advance for any help that you all can provide.
