LEMON Manuals: Even more car manuals for everyone
Home >> Mercury >> 2008 >> Milan Base, 3.0 1, FWD >> Repair and Diagnosis >> External Pages >> Different car >> Section 1800 (Exterior Lighting System) >> Diagnosis And Testing >> Headlamps >> Pinpoint Tests >> Pinpoint Test D: The Low Beam(s) Are Always On >> Normal Operation

Normal Operation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2011 Mercury Milan, 2011 Lincoln MKZ, and 2011 Ford Fusion. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

The Smart Junction Box (SJB) sends voltage signals to the headlamp switch through individual circuits (OFF, PARKING LAMPS and HEADLAMPS). At any given time, the headlamp switch routes one of the input circuits to ground.

When the SJB detects the headlamp switch in the HEADLAMPS ON position (or a fault with one of the headlamp switch input circuits for more than 5 seconds) and the multifunction switch in the LOW BEAM position, the SJB provides voltage to the headlamps.

For MKZ equipped with High Intensity Discharge (HID) headlamps and Milan, a relay is utilized to provide voltage for the low beam headlamps.

DTC DESCRIPTION TABLE

DTC Description Fault Trigger Conditions
  • B1472 - Lamp Headlamp Input Circuit Short to Ground
An on-demand DTC that may set when the SJB detects the headlamps on input circuit is short to ground.
  • B2498 - Headlamp Switch Multiple Signals Input Active
An on-demand DTC that may set when the SJB detects multiple headlamp switch inputs active at the same time.
  • B2A22 - Headlamp OFF Circuit Open
An on-demand DTC that sets when the SJB detects the headlamp switch off input circuit open.
  • B2A2E - Right Front Lamp Low Beam Circuit Open
An on-demand DTC that sets when the SJB detects the RH low beam output circuit shorted to voltage.
  • B2A30 - Left Front Lamp Low Beam Circuit Open
An on-demand DTC that sets when the SJB detects the LH low beam output circuit shorted to voltage.

This pinpoint test is intended to diagnose the following: