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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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tail lamp fuse

It keeps blowing and I no it must be a short to ground but it just started randomly, anyone ever had this problem
Old Oct 10, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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remove all bulbs and inspect their contacts as well as the contacts inside the sockets. if they are flattened or spread out, they might be combining both circuits (dim and bright) through the same fuse, and blowing it. I had this issue in 2007. new socket board and new bulbs, and it never happened again.
Old Oct 10, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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remove all bulbs and inspect their contacts as well as the contacts inside the sockets. if they are flattened or spread out, they might be combining both circuits (dim and bright) through the same fuse, and blowing it. I had this issue in 2007. new socket board and new bulbs, and it never happened again.
your talkin about the ones in the trunk correct???
Old Oct 11, 2009 | 05:57 AM
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your talkin about the ones in the trunk correct???
yea tho i suppose you can check the middle one too (window or spoiler, whichever you have)
Old Oct 11, 2009 | 07:05 AM
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yea tho i suppose you can check the middle one too (window or spoiler, whichever you have)
OK I checked and the some of thr bulbs were kinda melted to the contacts inside the sockets, and some of them we're blown...was ur problem similar???
Old Oct 11, 2009 | 07:14 AM
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OK I checked and the some of thr bulbs were kinda melted to the contacts inside the sockets, and some of them we're blown...was ur problem similar???
http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u...horted%20bulb/

no pics of the socket, but that's what the bulb looked like
Old Oct 11, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by CapedCadaver
http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u...horted%20bulb/

no pics of the socket, but that's what the bulb looked like
well mines were flat not as bad as that though, was yours the same system I'm complaining about? cause I see you had an 15A fuse, but the tail lamp is a 10A powered system. just makin sure?

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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by CapedCadaver
http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u...horted%20bulb/

no pics of the socket, but that's what the bulb looked like
these socket boards are my problem now where do I get them from
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these socket boards are my problem now where do I get them from
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http://www.courtesyparts.com/kb_sear....php?keywords=[26551P]+\%28j30&cPath=1610_1611_1648_1661

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http://www.courtesyparts.com/kb_sear....php?keywords=[26556P]+\%28j30&cPath=1610_1611_1648_1661
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