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Old Jun 6, 2020 | 02:41 PM
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I just purchased the tail lenses and noticed my center night tail lights do not turn on, both sides (the reverse do turn on). Also, the left night light goes off when the the right turn signal comes on.

Note: the middle tail bulb only has one filament. Which I believe is weird since it should do two things, reverse and night light.

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Old Jun 6, 2020 | 05:05 PM
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The center lights are only reverse lights. The red portion of the lens is only a reflector, it doesn't actually light up.

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Old Jun 6, 2020 | 09:19 PM
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The left tail light going off when the right signal is on does sound like a bad ground issue. I would be checking all the ground wires from the sockets to the frame ground. Looking very closely at the right rear socket.
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