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Old 02-12-10, 12:14 PM
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hey...not on hear to much but ive been issued the same ticket quite a few times in surrounding towns and counties anyway its top brake light on the passengers side......the tail light works but when i hit the brake nothin......bad relay?loose wires? ive changed the bulb just the other day....anyhelp would be apreciated from you guys.
Old 02-12-10, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by gdave
hey...not on hear to much but ive been issued the same ticket quite a few times in surrounding towns and counties anyway its top brake light on the passengers side......the tail light works but when i hit the brake nothin......bad relay?loose wires? ive changed the bulb just the other day....anyhelp would be apreciated from you guys.
fuse?maybe...
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You mean the right rear lense, the bulb on top? If so, then its an 1157, which means it has two filaments. One of them is broken, which is why when you press the brakes, it doesn't light up.
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yeah maybe you bought and installed the wrong bulb good catch avalon42
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or a bad socket like mine has..
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it could be that the bulb is bad. but usually the dash would tell you that there is a bad light or something.

if this warning didnt pop up, then there is usually like a little sensor/cube looking thing that is the thing that tells you if one of you lights is out. In the past, water got into my cube thing and well fried it and lights were not working. Dim lights worked but not brighter braking lights. it took me awhile to find this.

i dont know for sure if you model/ year comes with this feature.
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