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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / September 2004

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Micro relay and courtesy lights on Corvette

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swede - 31 Aug 2004 15:56 GMT
Hello all-

I'm searching for the fuse or relay that controls the power to the courtesy
lights on my '01 Vette. I beleive that the courtesy lights are: the
underhood light,the glove box light the reading lights on the inside rear
view mirror and the vanity lights on the mirror on the Sun visor, all of
which are not working on my car. All other lights and functions are working
properly.

I've located both the fuse boxes and have checked many of the fuses and it
appears that the lights I'm looking for are the courtesy lights judging from
the discription on the car's owner's manual.  They  have a Micro Relay and
not a fuse for their power.

Does the relay have to be replaced? Can it be reset?

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Swede  
Dad - 31 Aug 2004 20:49 GMT
Give me about 7 hours and I'll look it up, right now I'm in the middle of
setting up the car for autocross this weekend.
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> Swede
Dad - 01 Sep 2004 05:12 GMT
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>> properly.

What a nightmare, looks like #2 and #37 shows up on most of them, plus you
need to check the ground.

Good luck,
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Dick C - 01 Sep 2004 02:52 GMT
swede wrote in alt.autos

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> Does the relay have to be replaced? Can it be reset?

By definition, a fuse is a piece of wire designed to melt when
the heat from an over current condition occurs. A relay is
a device that uses a magnetic coil to activate contacts. Mini
simply means small. So, strictly speaking, I would expect that
there would be a fuse controlling both.
However, given the manufacturers penchant for giving strange
and fancy names to various common items, it would not surprise
me if the "mini relay" is a breaker. You may need to reset or
replace it. Locate it, and see if it has a button on it, of if
it actually works like a relay or not.

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swede - 02 Sep 2004 00:52 GMT
> swede wrote in alt.autos
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> replace it. Locate it, and see if it has a button on it, of if
> it actually works like a relay or not.

Thanks Dick C. and Dad-

Mini fuse #2 was blown. In the manual, they list the usage of fuse #2 as
'Monitored(Inavertent)Load Control'. A 'strange and fancy name' indeed!  Who
would have known!!??

Thanks again, Dad for looking it up wherever you looked it up.  They had me
fooled! Everything works now.

Swede
 
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