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Offline SpecialEdition

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My rear drivers side light/ lights have gone. I automatically changed the bulbs as the indicator, reverse, fog and brake are all working. This then highlighted that it might be fuse 21. All my fuses look ok and swapped fuse 1 and 21 which cut out the passenger lights. I checked the fusebox and the cables going in and they are ok and I have fiddles with the cables for said problem lights. I removed the quick connect plug to the cluster and that looks ok.  Im just scratching my head now so any help is welcome

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Re: Drives rear light/sidelight are kaput but indicator/brake/fog etc work
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2010, 19:03:45 PM »
Topic moved.

Have you checked the earth?
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Re: Drives rear light/sidelight are kaput but indicator/brake/fog etc work
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2010, 19:45:55 PM »
wheres the earth for the light as I have tried all the wires I can see.

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Re: Drives rear light/sidelight are kaput but indicator/brake/fog etc work
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2010, 15:40:20 PM »
The bulb earths on the holder... so there should be a cable from the holder to the body.

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Re: Drives rear light/sidelight are kaput but indicator/brake/fog etc work
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2010, 17:49:21 PM »
its the two seperate rear bulbs not just one and I have fiddled with the wires and nothing still. Thats what makes me think it might be in the system somewhere as its a sepearate fuse for these 2 lights,

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Re: Drives rear light/sidelight are kaput but indicator/brake/fog etc work
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2010, 12:33:03 PM »
Replaced the relevent fuses and even the actual light cluster and nothing, getting annoyed now. Any ideas guys?

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Re: Drives rear light/sidelight are kaput but indicator/brake/fog etc work
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2010, 20:18:01 PM »
anyone??? cant drive at night at risk of being pulled over


 


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