Behemoth7

Hey guys, my brake light out light came on yesterday on the gauge cluster. I checked all the lights and they were fine, except for my spoiler lights. My spoiler lights do not come on, and since they are wired in with the main tail lights, this is what is causing the notification light.

I had previously posted a pic of the wiring for this spoiler as it concerned me, here it is:


What do you guys think is the issue here? And how can I go about fixing it?

offbad

iTrader: (5)

check the bulbs in the spoiler?

Behemoth7

They are leds.

armanitran

iTrader: (-1)

yikes, maybe you have to tap them into your brakes.

offbad

iTrader: (5)

yes this what should happen.

Behemoth7

What do you mean? This spoiler is factory installed, and was previously functioning normally.

offbad

iTrader: (5)

well i mean it looks like the connections are ripped unless i'm interpreting the image wrong.

Behemoth7

That's how they looked before and it still worked. Could something have shorted out the leds by having the wires exposed like that?

offbad

iTrader: (5)

it's possible to have shorted if they improperly came in contact with one another.

or they should be hooked up together i don't know.

you have 4 exposed wires, 2 of which are twisted and 2 others just hangin.
if it were me those wires would be my main troubleshooting focus.

maybe a twist on wire cap fell off or something, i really have no idea.

Behemoth7

You might be right. I guess the real question is how would I diagnose this problem? Multimeter? Should I just have my shop take a look at it?

offbad

iTrader: (5)

the hanging red and black, is that for your LED?

http://www.instructables.com/id/Make...rom-9V-Batter/

Behemoth7

I have no idea, I think the one on the left is for the led's because they are twisted together. The red and black on the right have always been disconnected even when it was working.

ThomasGS4

iTrader: (19)

Negatory, ghost rider. You have a dealer installed spoiler.

Behemoth7

That's what I meant... lol