LEMON Manuals: Even more car manuals for everyone
Home >> Mercury >> 2009 >> Mariner Base, 2.5 7, AWD >> Repair and Diagnosis >> External Pages >> Different car >> Section 117 (Exterior Lighting System) >> Diagnostic Tests >> Parking, Rear And License Plate Lamps >> Pinpoint Tests >> Pinpoint Test Q: The Parking, Rear And License Plate Lamps Are On Continuously >> Normal Operation

Normal Operation

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2009 Mercury Grand Marquis and 2009 Ford Crown Victoria. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

The central junction box (CJB) supplies voltage to the lighting control module (LCM) through circuit 195 (TN/WH). When a request for the parking lamps is detected, the LCM provides voltage to the parking and license plate lamps through circuit 14 (BN). Ground is provided for the parking lamps through circuit 57 (BK).

DTC B1578 (Lamp Park Input Short to Ground) - sets when the LCM detects a short to ground on the parking lamps on input circuit.

This pinpoint test is intended to diagnose the following: