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Old Dec 23, 2023
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Tail light/ turn signal issue

Ok hi all. Back story. My father inlaw has a 2006 Mazda b3000. He hit a tree on passenger side backing down hill. Front headlight pulled out. He got it rewired so here's issue

When lights off turn signal works. With switch to park or on, the right front and rear turn signal not working. I monkied around And got it to work
​​​​​​. Now the rear running lights don't work. Fuse was lit red when turned on park or on so I replaced fuse. Rear running lights now work.
Buuut now the right side front and rear turn signal stopped working again when switch in park or On. Ha.
Pull the breaker and put bad one back in and turn signals work and running lights in rear don't..

Someone here I know finds this an easy fix.

Cheers all
 
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Old Dec 23, 2023
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Welcome to the forum

There is no crossover wiring between Turn signals and Park lights in factory wiring harness, they are separate systems
So evidently the damage at the front CAUSED a cross over so that is where I would look

2006 Ranger diagrams below, Mazda may use different wire colors and Fuse numbers but will use exactly the same wiring
Park lights use brown wire for front and black/pink wire for Park lights at the rear


 
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Old Dec 23, 2023
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Ok thanks. For that Ron
 
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Old Dec 23, 2023
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When lights are behaving in a puzzling manner, you usually have a bad ground somewhere. I would check the functioning of the ground for the damaged light.
 
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Old Dec 24, 2023
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Yup bad ground. We got Er sorted
Thanks. Guys
Merry ho ho
 
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