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No Tailights #493542
10/10/09 09:53 PM
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This morning I took my RT out and whenever I touched the brake pedal the dome light went on. I checked my lights and I have no tailights or brakelights. I checked the fuse, it's okay. I checked the connectors to each tailght and no power. Any ideas? Thanks

Re: No Tailights [Re: JM67RT] #493543
10/11/09 01:47 AM
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Which connectors? I'd start w the connectors behind the drivers kick panel & jump 12V to the correct circuit for the brake lights(large filaments) and for the park lights (small filaments) & see if your good downstream & if good there jump 12V to the downstream side of the brake light switch (the white wire) & see if the correct wires in/out of the st column has continuity (for the brakes) at the steering col connector (hot in & 2 hot out to both brake lights). For the park lights pull the bakelite connector off the headlight sw & jump 12V to the park light(s) circuit & see if you have fire at the correct wire behind the kick panel. Wiring diagrams at www.mymopar.com


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Re: No Tailights [Re: JM67RT] #493544
10/11/09 01:51 AM
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Has the car been painted? I had to run dedicated grounds after painting to get good grounding


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Re: No Tailights [Re: R70RUNNER] #493545
10/11/09 05:51 AM
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Robert I'll give that a shot.
Car was painted a long time ago. If this adds anything, the turn signals work, but flashers don't work at all (even front lights).
Thanks guys.

Re: No Tailights [Re: JM67RT] #493546
10/11/09 10:50 AM
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if your dome light came on, I would be checking the light switch as well.

The problem for me is I can't think of anywhere those two circuits cross.

Dome light goes to the dimmer and headlight switch. So that does go to the tail lights, but I thought the brake light circuit was split from that.

Either way, with parking lights not working either, that is where I would go.

Re: No Tailights [Re: Andrewh] #493547
10/11/09 11:04 AM
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Emergencies are probably a bad flasher. You have two. One for turn signals and one for emergency signals.

Re: No Tailights - update [Re: stumpy] #493548
10/11/09 11:07 PM
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After testing all the connections I decided to try a spare headlight switch I had. Problem solved. Lights are all working again.
Thanks everyone.

Re: No Tailights - update [Re: JM67RT] #493549
10/11/09 11:16 PM
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Quote:

I decided to try a spare headlight switch I had. Problem solved. Lights are all working again.


even the brake lights


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Re: No Tailights - update [Re: RapidRobert] #493550
10/12/09 01:23 PM
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Yeah even the brakelights and the flashers! The switch was an aftermarket that I put in about 10 years ago. It looked a little cheap compared to an original. I had an original from a car I parted a few years ago. Could have also been just reseating the connectors fixed it?







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