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It appears that function is not working on my rig either. If I'm diagnosing this correctly, I should have voltage out on J12 pin 2 when pressing the headlight flash button on the SmartWheel, and I am not getting any. Looks like that problem has to be a bad controller or a wiring problem from the steering column to the controller, but I'm not gonna worry about that right now!

I think I will check all the connections to the Monaco 1 and Monaco 2 boxes in the front compartment next since someone said they had the same problem and that's where they found the problem. I't stopped raining here, finally, but the wind is ice cold. May wait for a warmer day!

UPDATE- I found the SmartWheel controller behind the radio. I have voltage going into pin 1 of J12. No voltage coming out on pin 2 of J12. If I understand this correctly, pressing the headlight button on the SmartWheel should put voltage out on pin 2 to flash the lights. It isn't doing this. I can short out pins 1 & 2 on J12 and the headlights come on, regardless of the position of the headlight switch on the dash. From all this I get that pressing the headlight button on the SmartWheel SHOULD flash the headlights, regardless of the position of the main headlight switch on the dash. This circuit is designed to overide the normal headlight function. There's obviously a problem with that function but that's not my primary problem.

Thanks Jim! I'll pull that dash panel and find the controller. I really appreciate all your help! 🙂

Please check my thinking on this. I had planned to check the connections on the boxes in the front outside compartment today. The main 25A headlight fuse in in one of those boxes. If there was a problem with the connections to that box then I wouldn't be getting voltage to the dash headlight switch, right? Since I'm getting voltage out of the dash headlight switch I think maybe I would be better off finding the SmartWheel controller and checking the connections there. Am I thinking logically here?

Thanks Jim! I want to try the connections on the boxes in the outside compartment first.

Jim, I have the covers off the steering column. There is a big connector plugged in there. I tried to unplug it but can't get it to move much. I think the assembly may have to be removed from the steering column before the plug will come off. As soon as the rain stops, which is probably be tomorrow, I am going to check the connections on the Monaco 1 and Monaco 2 boxes in the front compartment. I'm hoping for a miracle here!

It's been pouring rain here for the last two days. It's supposed to clear off Friday and Saturday. I plan to check all those connections on the Monaco 1 & 2 boxes. Looking at the drawings for the SmartWheel, there's a relay in the control that the headlight circuit feeds through so I'll check that out too. Thanks for all your help!

what about the headlight pigtail shown on the drawing? Do you know where it is located? All those wires are bundled and secured with cable ties so it's impossible to trace anything without cutting all the cable ties! I guess that it's probably not that since neither low or high beams work? Richard, are you still blocked from IRV2?

It's raining now so can't go out. Is the DRL relay in the front electrical compartment? I see it on the drawing. Don't think it could cut off the headlights, but wanted other opinions

Does anybody know where the Headlight Pigtail, #7 on the wiring diagram, is located?

Am I correct that the Hamsar DRL module could not cause my problem?

Thanks Dennis! It's pouring rain here today but I'll check that as soon as possible! That sound very promising!

I bookmarked that manual. Thanks! I took out the drawer in the bottom of the console and didn't see any modules there. Only access directly behind the radio is to remove the dash panel. I didn't think to look under the dash behind the steering column. Any chance it could be there?

The turn signal/headlight flasher lever on the side of the steering column nor the flasher button on the SmartWheel does anything whether the headlight switch is on or off. Where do I find that trouble-shooting guide? Attached is a pic of two control boards in the bottom left corner of the outside front electrical compartment. Any idea what these are for? I can't find any reference to them in the owner's manual.

I am not getting any DC voltage at the bulb socket, using a known good ground. The lever on the SmartWheel to flash the lights doesn't do anything either.

The other bulbs in the headlight housing come on when the headlight switch is on.

I think I checked that but not positive. I've been working on this so long and trying so many different things that it's all running together in my old brain! I'll check that today. Thanks!

Thanks Jim! I bookmarked that for future reference!

I'm back. Any other ideas? Joe

Richard & Jim, that 25A fuse is good. The headlights don't work with the wipers operating. I've got to be gone for an hour or so. Will check back when I return! Thanks! Joe

Hi Richard! Man, I feel like a real dummy! I had never noticed those diagrams at the back of the owner's manual. I had a copy of that wiring diagram that I got from a guy on IRV2, and had it blown up on a 36"x48" print, but sections of it were blurred and I couldn't follow it. I'm still having a problem with this one. I have 12VDC leaving the headlight switch on the dash but still no headlights. Can you help me figure out what is between the switch and the headlights? I saw a control board in the electrical compartment in front of the tire on the driver's side which has a headlight fuse and relay. The fuse is good and I swapped the relay with another one of the same part number. Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated! Joe

My headlights have stopped working on our 2002 Windsor 40PBT. I have been unable to find a wiring diagram. Can anyone help with this?