Parking lights came on with no key in and stay on?

EJOHNICS

MEMBER
2001 CHEVROLET MALIBU
6 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
181,847 MILES

Hello, my cars parking lights came on with no key in and stay on. The car won't stay running dies immediately. I believe there may be an open ground somewhere but I don't know where to start. Also the dash lights take a few seconds before they come on then they stay on and never go off and the door locks have no power to them, the dome light also won't come on.
I believe the car will start once I find the short in my electrical problem. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.
Thank you

1 Reply

KASEKENNY

MECHANIC
18,907 POSTS

More than likely the park lamp relay has stuck. What I would do is check the operation of the relay and find out if it is sticking.

Here is a guide that will help with doing this testing:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-an-electrical-relay-and-wiring-control-circuit

I would suggest checking the voltage coming out of the relay if the relay tests ok. If there is voltage but the relay is not closed, then you have a short in that circuit.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-wiring

Please run through this info and let us know what questions you have. Please see the wiring diagram below that will help with this as well.

Thanks

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