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Old 07-26-2017, 12:18 PM
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Default Brake light vs Tail light, which bulb is which?

First I got message that I have Right Brake light failure. I replaced all the bulbs. Now I got a message that I have Right Tail light failure.


I am attempting to trouble shoot this issue, but which bulb is what?


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Have you gone to the handbook. If you don't have them you can get them online. Go to the stickies.
 
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Old 07-29-2017, 03:03 AM
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Ignition on, side lights on, have a look at the back. If one side is out, there you go.
It's not unusual for a newly purchased bulb to fail quickly these days, or even work for that matter.
Two filaments in the bulb, or two pins on the bottom, make it a stop AND tail light combined, single pin can be anything from a stop, tail or indicator bulb.
Did you change the bulb for one of the correct wattage?
If you put a 12v/5w tail light bulb into the 21w stop light socket it will pop.
I've found that compared to the bulbs they used to make, todays bulbs don't seem to have the longevity they used to.
And don't get me started on the supposedly "they'll last forever" LED replacement bulbs.
 

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