yesterday my lights where working fine on my 99 cadillac deville. sometime during the evening the back lights stopped working. i noticed this because my signal light was blinking fast like a bulb was out. all the lights in the back where out including brake and reverse lights. whats weird to me is that the bulbs work somewhat. there just very very dull. when i hit the lock button b4 yesterday the lights where a bright red now there a dull red. and the turn lights work in the back the same way u just cant see them in the day. could this still be a bulb problem or could it be more likely an electrical problem...,all the lights really work they're just very dull
2007-09-23 02:46:41 · 7 answers · asked by mulecitync 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You have a bad gound wire or connection at the lights housing to the body of the car.
IF you had a "short" as someone else said, the fuse would blow.
ADDED:
Bad ground, bad ground, bad ground...........
2007-09-23 02:58:06 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a short doesn't neccessarily blow the fuse, especially when lights are wired in series. I had a similar problem in a Mustang, where stuff in my trunk had rubbed the wire against the socket. I would start by looking for a broken or loose wire.
2007-09-23 08:59:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your brake light safty switch it under the dashbord up from the brake peddle somethimes their are 2 if you have no lights this is usually it. not hard to replace unscrew some screws and unplug that usually it
2007-09-23 03:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by bmw575se 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my tail lighting fixtures went out concurrently sometime...it sounds like your maximum inexpensive/easiest scientific care could desire to be to %. up a pair of headlight bulbs (considering the fact that they're diverse from extreme beam bulbs) and replace them... if that doesn't restore it, verify that's no longer a fuse. verify on your proprietor's handbook that the fuse on your headlights are additionally the fuse on your extreme beams...I actually have a corolla yet i can not keep in mind from the final time i replaced my headlights. stable success.
2016-10-09 16:54:53 · answer #4 · answered by ocain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check fuses or maybe ones broken short occurs, check back of light maybe wire short!!
2007-09-23 03:00:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would sugest you check the lamps first, 1blown one can make things go crazy
2007-09-23 02:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by grd_jck(AU) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have a dead short in that part of your system it is a pain to trace and find out where it is.
2007-09-23 02:54:46 · answer #7 · answered by crusher_mma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋