No Running Tail Lights
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From: Paw Paw,MI
Car: 87 Trans Am
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 2.73
No Running Tail Lights
So my car has this new thing (in a long list of other problems) were it likes to blow a fuse every time i turn on my head lights and only my running tail lights quit working (my brake lights and turn signals work fine) and on my digital it pops up R LAMP so i sent all day today looking for a short under the dash i pulled the colume out and the radio and the radio pod out and i can't find anything i could of missed something as i started to get aggravated so now everytime i pass a car at night i hit the brakes just enough so the brake lights come on untill i know im not passing a cop lol. So has anybody had this problem before if so or any suggestions plz this is now my dd because im to cheap to pay for 10mpg in my burban lol
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Car: LOWERED ♦ CRIMSON METALFLAKE
Engine: ► 400 KUBES ◄
Transmission: 765R4
Axle/Gears: EATON POSI 4.56
Tell The Tail
There is a ground wire from the harness near the hatch motor.
Make sure that’s OK.
If it is, put the lightswitch in the marker lights position.
There is a connector at the left rear of the car which you gain access 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 sure that’s OK.
If it is, put the lightswitch in the marker lights position.
There is a connector at the left rear of the car which you gain access 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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From: Mooresville NC
Car: LOWERED ♦ CRIMSON METALFLAKE
Engine: ► 400 KUBES ◄
Transmission: 765R4
Axle/Gears: EATON POSI 4.56
Tell The Tail
Right, it sounds like a short to ground after the column and radio.
You can disconnect the wire going to the rear of the car, where it travels under the left door threshold.
If the fuse stops blowing, you will know the short is in the back half on the line.
If the fuse still blows disconnect the connector mentioned in post #2.
If the fuse stops blowing, you will know the short is in the taillight assembly.
Could even be a shorted bulb however that is very rare.
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You can disconnect the wire going to the rear of the car, where it travels under the left door threshold.
If the fuse stops blowing, you will know the short is in the back half on the line.
If the fuse still blows disconnect the connector mentioned in post #2.
If the fuse stops blowing, you will know the short is in the taillight assembly.
Could even be a shorted bulb however that is very rare.
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From: Barrie, ON
Car: 1986 TA
Transmission: T-5
Axle/Gears: 3.73
Re: No Running Tail Lights
Had the same thing happen to me a while back. Ended up being a bad wire to the rear lights. I rewired it and all was good after that. Goodluck!
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From: Paw Paw,MI
Car: 87 Trans Am
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: T56
Axle/Gears: 2.73
Re: No Running Tail Lights
Spent 15 hours looking for a short couldn't find any thing so I wired it temporally to a key hot so I could get my fix it ticket signed off
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From: edmonton alberta canada
Car: 91 rs,1 92 rs,92 b4c/1le
Engine: 5.0tbi,5.7 tune port/5.0tpi
Transmission: 5spdx2 and t56
Axle/Gears: 3.08,3.73,3.42
Re: No Running Tail Lights
had the same problem on a car I bought turned out the wire for the factory stereo light was brown previous owner used it for a ground. maybe same issue?
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