The front parking (side) lamps have never worked in my 2001 Jaguar XJ8. These are the small light bulb in the high beam assembly. I removed my lamps and noticed the connector was in pretty bad shape in one of them. I have a parts car with fully working headlight/high beam/front parking lamps, so I decided to remove the entire electrical connector (it's fitted in with a clip). So I took that off and put it in my current car and everything works as it should except the front parking (side) lamps. Is there a fuse I should be looking for? I've looked in my manuals and can't find anything. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

 

No dedicated fuse found . Does the light stalk give it a ground in the other positions ? if not give the Red / Yellow wire a ground . Next step would be the Body Processor Module .

 

It is a common problem in the x308 and the x400. The lamp case is the ground and it causes excess heat (due to poor contact) the on the plug that distorts and melts it. There is a way to and an additional ground wire that can be found searching in the x400 forum.