Hi all,

I've had my car for two and a half years and I recently noticed that the spoiler brake light doesn't work. I looked at the wire connections and it seemed like some ammature connected the spoiler wires. There is an extra white connector coming out of the left brake light and they split the wires going to the connector and hooked up the spoiler brake light to it. Now, would this work or do they have to be connected somewhere else? If that's the right way to connect it then what else could be the problem?

 

Take the covering off the trunk lid and it will expose the wires to the spoiler. Use a multimeter to test that 1) the ground is good and 2) there is indeed 12 volts goin to the spoiler light. From here you can trouble shoot further.

 

If you need to but a new LED strip, go to Electrodyne go to search and type in product # 555111 or 555111CLEAR (for a clear LED strip w/ red leds.
They sell for about 25-$30 shipped! Hope this helps!

 

I had this happen to me also.Water got in the lens and shorted it out,It was under warranty and was covered hope that helps

 

Well I bought a circuit tester and the current flow to the wires seems to be fine. Anyone know what else could be the problem other than the light itself? Also, how hard is it to replace the light? Would I have to remove the whole spoiler or is there an easier way to do it?

 

I've seen the writeup on removing that LED. It should be very simple. You need to buy what's called a Z shaped screwdriver. It has a 90 degree head. Get phillips head. Look under there and you can see 3 screws. Remove them, and with a little prying the LED should come off.

This is just off the top of my head directions, please search to find the real way. I'm just tryin to give you an idea as to how to do it.

 

I found the post on how to replace the LED. The only thing is it looks like Electrodyne only has LEDs with 4 tabs while the factory one has 3. Is there any other place that sells 3 tab ones for the same price or will I have to go ahead and open up the old LED? I'm not a car mechanic or anything so the easiest (and cheapest ) way would be the best.

Edit: My spoiler has only two screws so I guess that means 2 tabs.

 

I bought a z shaped screw driver to get the screws out but it doesn't seem like there's any screws there. First of all there's only two holes and in addition the phillips head doesn't go into anything and spins around freely. Is there another way that the LED could be attached to the spoiler?


Roman

 

I had this problem last year. I found the fix here, I can't seem to find the link though. I took off the break light (used that z-screw driver), I used a knife to cut along the glued seam of the break light (be careful here, use a sharp knife and score many times). I found the burned resistor (very easy to spot). I went to radio shack and bought some 22 ohm resistors (5 for under a dollar). unsoldered the old and soldered in the new. reglue with something water proof. Re install.

Nissian wanted $225 for the part.
(If I find the link I will re-post)
Good luck

 

Hi everyone,

My problem turned out not to be the "resistor" on the light circuit but other components including the LEDs. However, for future reference the part that is described in the ShopTalk write-up as the resistor is in fact a diode. I had some engineer friends look at it. So since many people described having problems with the way their LEDs looked after they were 'fixed' this could definitely be the problem. So use a diode number 1N4002 instead of a resistor.

 

i cant find that clear led part

 

Are you talking about the individual LEDs? If so, I found them at my local electronics store. I think Radio Shack should carry them too.