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Tailight help for 89 Firebird

Old Oct 18, 2010 | 12:46 AM
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Tailight help for 89 Firebird

I have an issue with the tailights of my 89 Firebird. I have No taillights/parking lights - nothing to the rear, execept I have have power to the hatch pull down. Any ideas??
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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 09:11 AM
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Re: Tailight help for 89 Firebird

Forgot to add that I have checked the fuse, and it is good.
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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 12:33 PM
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Put the lightswitch in the “park” position.

There is a connector at the left rear of the car which you gain acces to by opening the hatch.

Using a voltmeter or test light
(the type for testing for voltage, not a continuity tester) probe the brown wire on both sides of that connector.

If you have no power there, you have a break from that connector to the headlight switch.


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Make Noise, Turn Left, Repeat

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Old Oct 18, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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Re: Tailight help for 89 Firebird

I'll try that tommorrow!
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Old Oct 19, 2010 | 05:37 PM
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Re: Tailight help for 89 Firebird

I bought the car not log ago from someone who left somethings unattached

So I found out it was the body ground by the power hatch motor
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