short in my tailights~!
 

hey guys i was just told i had a short in my taillights. (rear headlights:cool: aahaha) I went home and noticed when the brake lights were on one was off and one was off then when i put the ebrake the light that was on turned off and the light that was off turned on.

any tech solutions? (btw the casing was to the taillights was missing the cover from the inside and it was wet inside maybe burnt bulb?)

i would definitly look for corrosion clean contacts and bulbs and try again,

hmm, my corner lights had a thick blue coating in the wire connectors. is that corrosion?

That is grease the factory applies to try and stop corrosion. Usually the problem is corrosion of the metal part of the socket that holds the shell of the bulb. That causes the bulb to lose its ground, and then some strange interactions happen.

Put something heavy on the brake pedal so the brake lights stay on. Go to the back and make sure all the brake lights are lit at full brightness. If one is dim or out, take the socket out and wiggle the bulb. You may need a new socket to get a reliable connection.

well while i had my mas friend install the corner lights he checked it out and there was oxidization so he sanded em up and then put the lights and it worked haha. guess there was no need for new sockets. ($ saved) thanks for the help i told him to check if it was corroded.