park,tail,and dash lights don't work 2002 kia spectra

Asked by ragtime May 17, 2012 at 10:48 AM about the 2002 Kia Spectra

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

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Also check this informative link, it helped me find the problem. http://www.kia-forums.com/1g-2001-2005-rio/30562-no-dash-tail-lights.html Regards

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Hand brake was not staying down, and by pushing down on hand brake the "hand brake dash" light would go off and the park/tail lights would come on (great!). There must be a switch that detects that the hand brake is down. I will check why the hand brake does not stay down. Probable because a spring is out of place or something is pressing agaist the hand brake upwards. I think what is happening here is the DRL (Daytime Running Light) module is getting a "hand brake" on signal ( Apparently for Canadian models...lucky us ).

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