The rear left tail light cluster has just had all its bulbs replaced, twice, and all the fuses checked and are good to go. Problem is, the brighter part of the 1157 bulb does not light. The other, dimmer part does. This leaves me with no left brake light at night, and a very dim one during the day.
The right cluster works fine, and uses the same bulbs from the same package (even switched them to make sure). I'm a little confused.
2006-11-01 02:50:35 · 3 answers · asked by mreggrolls 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Yes, that is typical of a ground fault. It is in one of two places: either the bulb socket is corroded or damaged, or the light assembly itself is not being grounded.
You should be able to see which wire grounds the cluster: it will bolt to the body near the lights. The bulb socket can be cleaned with fine sandpaper.
2006-11-01 03:06:52 · answer #1 · answered by econofix 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a grounding problem, if the bulbs arent grounded properly they will act funny,make sure when you put the cluster back in you twist it 1/2 turn
2006-11-01 10:55:26 · answer #2 · answered by Ricky Lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a bad/weak connection, possibly in the socket itself.
2006-11-01 10:54:21 · answer #3 · answered by luckyaz128 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋