98 Dodge Ram Fog Lights

Fog lights just quit working the other day, changed the bulbs after it happened and nothing from either side. Any ideas on how to trace the problem? Check the fuse which is good, it's on a circuit with the radio lights and they are still working...

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sportnone
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Headlight switch broke. To turn the fog lights on, you pull the headlight knob out. What's happening in the switch is a little copper disc on the end of the shaft is pulled onto a land on the back of the circuit board, completing the connection. This copper disc is held on to the end of the shaft by (for lack of a better term) a nylon 'rivet' (actually, the shaft is necked down to a pin, ran through the copper disc, then sort of melted to retain the disc). That disc has come off the shaft, and therefore you have no more fog lights.

You can try carefully disassembling the switch, and fixing the fog light portion... probably just easier to get a new switch.

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Tom Lawrence

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