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Eletrical grimlins effecting brake lights - HELP

Old Jun 4, 2003 | 09:43 PM
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Default Eletrical grimlins effecting brake lights - HELP

I am having several eletrical grimlins effecting my brake lights and they "seem" to be centered around my EURO light harness. My car is a '98 and another member with an '03 is having exactly the same issues I am even after replacing the wiring harness. Note, the EURO lights have been on car for over 6 months with no issues.

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Summary of problems:
1 - Push brakes and fog lights come on and dtd lights go off
2 - Cruise control does not work when lights are on
3 - When setting alarm it goes off immediately upon closing door, or setting if door is already closed.

Once the problem starts I can pull over and wiggle the EURO light harness and the problem will go away until later. The crazy part is I can be in the car parked in garage and the brake lights will work fine. Come back an hour later to go off and they don't work.

Could it be a bad ground? I have checked the harness and rechecked the harness for shorts. I can't find any expose wires. Anyone else had similar problems or have any ideas?
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 10:15 AM
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 11:01 AM
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DIdn't you have the same problem at Cruise-In? I thought you got it fixed...?
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 11:19 AM
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I think I might have a similar issue with my turnsignals. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. When they don't, I let it sit for an hour, come back, and it's fine again...
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DIdn't you have the same problem at Cruise-In? I thought you got it fixed...?
Thought we did also. It will work for a few days and then start acting up again. :crazy:
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