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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 03:55 AM
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I have a 93 SC300 and have a lighting problem.. brake lights turn signals headlights all work but at night when i turn my headlights on my tail light running lights wont work but my brake lights work.. something electrical or what thank you and if you could anyone help.

It keeps blowing fuses.

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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 04:21 AM
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maybe the two outside bulbs are burnt out?
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 10:05 AM
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i checked the blulbs.. they are fine.. what its doing is it keeps blowing fuses..
They were working fine but i went on a long trip and next thing i knew they were off and the fuses was bad and it continues to keep blowing fuses
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Originally Posted by 931jz
i checked the blulbs.. they are fine.. what its doing is it keeps blowing fuses..
They were working fine but i went on a long trip and next thing i knew they were off and the fuses was bad and it continues to keep blowing fuses
What type of bulb (LED, Xenon, Standard), if you replaced with the first two this could be causing the problem. Most likely the problem is one of the dual filaments to the bulb has burn out. Replace with a new bulb.
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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the bulbs are standard. the connectors look alittle old and rusty.. im not sure what it is i just didnt want to go get it diagnosed and spend money if anyone else had problems like this they could help with
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