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Old Nov 24, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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Three of four brakelights work fine.The other one is killing me! At first i thought it was a bulb. What i found out after killing my self changing the bulb is both elements in the new bulb are on at the same time. That is what was happening with the old bulb.When the driving light are on and directionals is on both elements are light all the time.Also my turn signal flashes really slow on the side that this is happening.PLEASE HELP
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Old Nov 25, 2008 | 08:03 AM
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Three of four brakelights work fine.The other one is killing me! At first i thought it was a bulb. What i found out after killing my self changing the bulb is both elements in the new bulb are on at the same time. That is what was happening with the old bulb.When the driving light are on and directionals is on both elements are light all the time.Also my turn signal flashes really slow on the side that this is happening.PLEASE HELP
Check all the markers and tail bulbs on that side for bulb for the correct part #. One CF member found, after chasing a similar problem for days,that a wire that goes into the back of one of the side makers had pushed out of the connector's socket. Poor conductivity or a short at each socket should also addressed.

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