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Old 03-22-2011, 10:29 PM
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Weird Tail Light Issue

Hello guys. I just got pulled over yesterday because my tail lights are not working. When I brake though the bulbs work and flashes red. Other than that, nothing is lighting up. Not even the LED. My front headlights work when I turn on the lights though. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Old 03-22-2011, 11:01 PM
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are they LED tail lights? people have had issues in the past.
If you have led tails and an LED third brake light, try putting the stock bulb back in the tail and see if it solves your issue
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Fuse.
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Are you using LED?

You might have a short circuit of some kind.
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or you might have installed the led in backwords. Crazy idea I know but they only work one way. Otherwise its a fuse, or you can check the relays under the hood.
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Originally Posted by laythor
are they LED tail lights? people have had issues in the past.
If you have led tails and an LED third brake light, try putting the stock bulb back in the tail and see if it solves your issue
What is the fix for this issue? I had this issue and bought the light fix from VLED. It worked perfect for a while and now my abs and traction control lights come on sometimes and to fix this issue I have to turn off ignition and back on. Is there a better fix for this than what I did?
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sounds like one of your resistors isnt making good contact. check that first. if you think the resistor is fried call or email v-leds
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I only have one resistor and it is installed into the 3rd brake light. When I installed the stock bulb in the third brake light the issue would go away so, in theory, installing the resistor on the third brake light would fix the issue. Is this not the proper way to do this?
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Problem solved! It was the fuse. I looked at the wrong fuse the first time. Thanks guys
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What fuse ended up fixing it by the way? I'm having that exact same issue. Thanks.
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Don't mean to completely revive an old thread, but his issue is exactly the same as mine. Changed out fuse #29 for tail lights, etc. No dice. Every time I flick on head lights fuse box clicks though. Any ideas?
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