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Old 11-13-2008, 04:04 PM
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Default Brake light out, replaced bulb, now tail light is out. Help?

And I cannot get it to work at all!

Note: When taking out the bulb harness(if that is what it is called) I broke the tail light/brake light bulb. I replaced it with an 1157 bulb and now the brake light works, but my tail light will not turn on. I switch the bulb from the passenger side, which does work for both lights, and it too works for the brake, but not the tail light.

I have triple checked that I placed the bulb in correctly.
I have made sure there was nothing inside the harness to screw up a connection.
I have made sure all the wires from the wiring harness to the bulb harness are secure/not corroded or cut.

No clue what to do or what to test now to see what the culprit is. Could it be a fuse? I thought if the fuse went out the brake light would not work either.

Help?
 
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Old 11-14-2008, 01:29 AM
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Are you sure you're not confusing one of these bulbs with the rear fog light?

Is it a dual filament bulb or single?

Have you checked for 12V?

If it was a fuse, both rear tails would be out.

Just throwing out some info to think about.
 
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Old 11-14-2008, 01:37 AM
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I think you got a single filament bulb!
 
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