Neon lights will not turn off

I removed the battery from my 95 Neon for the long weekend as I was
going out of town. I re-installed the battery last night, started the
car, everything worked fine. Now this morning, I was driving into
work, and the high beam indicator light was on. I did not have the
headlights on, as the sun was starting to come up. When I got to work,
shut off the car, and removed the key, the headlights where on very
dimely. I tried turning the lights off and on, high beeps off and on,
everything. I removed the 2 fuses for headlights, and they stayed on.
I ended up removing the large fuse from the relay box under the hood.
This turned off the lights.
Before I pulled the main fuse, I checked the tail lights and they
where not on.
Anyone have any ideas? I really need to figure this one out. I can't
be playing under the hood of the car every day in a suit.

Mike
mlawrenc(at)rcc.on.ca

 

|I removed the battery from my 95 Neon for the long weekend as I was
| going out of town. I re-installed the battery last night, started the
| car, everything worked fine. Now this morning, I was driving into
| work, and the high beam indicator light was on. I did not have the
| headlights on, as the sun was starting to come up. When I got to work,
| shut off the car, and removed the key, the headlights where on very
| dimely. I tried turning the lights off and on, high beeps off and on,
| everything. I removed the 2 fuses for headlights, and they stayed on.
| I ended up removing the large fuse from the relay box under the hood.
| This turned off the lights.
| Before I pulled the main fuse, I checked the tail lights and they
| where not on.
| Anyone have any ideas? I really need to figure this one out. I can't
| be playing under the hood of the car every day in a suit.
|
| Mike
| mlawrenc(at)rcc.on.ca

DRL module?

 

Your Daytime Running Light module has failed. It is a common failure on
all the Chrysler products that use this particular
reduced-voltage-high-beam DRL module. You can either go to the dealer and
get a replacement (which will also eventually fail) or you can simply
unplug the defective module and get a module from
www.webelectricmagazine.com which will run the front turn signals as DRLs
just like on the '00-'04 Neons. If you do the latter, stop by your local
Saturn dealership and pick up a set of front park/turn/DRL bulbs for an
'04 Saturn Ion; they will be marked 5702KA and will last a great deal
longer than any other bulb you can use in turn/DRL service.

DS

 

Is it possible to repair this unit, or is it completely sealed? (I am
a Computer/Electronic engineer.)
I have also noticed that the module can be located under the ash tray
or the left wheel well, any ideas where where it may be on the 95 2
door neon? I really don't want to have to pull the console out to find
out it is in the wheel well.
I would really rather not have to replace the unit, as this car is
begining to cost me too much. And I would hate to scrap the car
because the cost of the wheel bearings (which are going to be changed)
and this module.

Mike
mlawrenc(at)rcc.on.ca

 

Failure is frequently due to cold solder joints, but even the most skilled
of solderors tend to have trouble making the repair "stay fixed".