coupe taillights

[Twinchy]

Hey whats up people i need help on my taillights. Ok here it goes first off my left brake taillights dont work. i bought new lights for both sides but it still doesnt work. what else can be causing this problem? ans second my reverse taillights dont work either i also puchased new lights for that too but it still doesnt work. can it be a fuse? please any help would be appreciated. i got pulled over on thrusday anout my taillights so i have a fix it ticket. so they need to be fixed any suggestens would help thanks.Richard

[navysnail]

yes, it could be a fuse, also on the reverse lights, there is a sensor in the transmission that closes the circut when you put it in reverse, when i frst bought my car, the reverse lights didnt work so i replaced the sensor and cha ching! 15 dollar part at NAPA.

about the left light, so its just the left light? then no not a fuse, make sure you put the lights in correctly and the contacts are clean

[Twinchy]

yea i put everything in correct. my main concern is the brake lights since i have to show proof of correction on them. as for the reverse lights where is the sensor at? and what store can i get them at?

[JNM240]

Coupe tailights are know for one or two bulbs not working. The problem is the light socket is grounded by a common ground wire and is held in place with a metal screw into the plastic tailight assembly. This plastic gets heat transferred from the light and, over time, melts, making the ground bad, making the bulb not work. Check to make sure all of the screws that hold the sockets to the assembly are tight. That should help.

[C1rca]

its probably a fuse check the kick panel

[Twinchy]

the kick panel is on the drivers side correct? and i wil check the screws to see if there good. what about the fuse to the reverse lights is that in the kick panel too?

[wangless]

good info JNM240, have to try that out. i have the same problem... ill try to check it out as soon as i can

[Twinchy]

yea same here i am gonna check it when i get out from work

[skinnay]

i got the same problem, only just my reverse lights. the fuse seems fine, but can anyone tell me where exactly the sensor on the transmission is? and maybe a part # or is it a generic part i can get from az or pep boys?

thanks

[skinnay]

actually my right brake light doesnt work either. the tail lights work fine, but when i brake, the right tail goes out completely. twinchy let me know if you fix it. i need to pass inspection thanks

[Twinchy]

i'll let you know how i fix it......becuase i have too in order to get rid of my ticket

[skinnay]

im gonna bring my car to a shop tomorrow cause i need inspection by this weekend, so ill let ya'll know how it goes. if no one else fixes it before tomorrow

[wangless]

mission accomplished !

JNM240 is very correct about the plastic getting too hot. on mine it melted the little thing and made the connection loose. i unscrewed it, chipped away some of the melted plastic and screwed it back in together. now i have all my lights working instead of 2 lol

thanks again JNM240 !

[JNM240]

You are quite welcome. My experience is your benefit.

[Twinchy]

sorry for the late reply guys but yea my i had melted plastic that needed to be chipped away. as for my reverse lights do you guys know what fuse it? or where the sensor is at?

[skinnay]

im about to go and check one more time and make sure there's no melted plastic that i missed. i was gonna bring my car to this shop.. when i was gonna come back to drop my car off one of the mechanics was like "hey richie!" (my name is not rich). what a d!ck, so ill just wait till i can fix it myself. the fuse for the reverse lights is the very bottom right fuse in the drivers side box.

im also still looking for the reverse sensor info

[wangless]

also, just the other day after i chipped away the plastic so that the metal would make contact with each other... i thought it was good enough. my friend calls me when we're leaving for work... tells me my tail light is out again. so i took a little washer and used it as a spacer, hopefully it wont melt the plastic again

[Twinchy]

so its the bottom right fuse......where can i get a the fuse to replace it? pep boys, autozone, what part would i ask for?

[JNM240]

Wangless:

I did that same thing. I even made some rubber washers out of vacuum tubing. Unfortunately the heat is transferred through the wire to the ring to the screw to the pastic, and this is where it melts. I guess if you just solder the wires together and forget about screwing them into the housing it should work. Ive never tried that, i just keep piddling with the grounds whenever they go out.

Twinchy:Its a standard blade style fuse. Any autoparts store carries them, even walmart and walgrees and eckards, ect.... I wanna say its a 15 amp, but im just guessing.

[Twinchy]

cool i check it out later when i get from work thanks jnm240

[Twinchy]

actually the fuse was 10A. i replaced ot and my lights still dont work any other suggestions? i already replaced the bulbs too.

[JNM240]

Then your reverse light switch is likely out. It is located on the transmission. Go get one from (fill in the blank, Autozone, PepBoys, NAPA, whomever you like), and find it on the passanger side of the transmission. You should be in business then.

[Twinchy]

just ask for a reverse light switch at autozone? can you give me a little more detail on where it is located exactly because i not to sure about the passanger side transmission

[JNM240]

Yes, just ask for a reverse light switch. Make sure they understand that it bolts into the transmission. Also, be sure to tell them Manual or Automatic transmission. I know for certain that the reverse light switch is directly behind the shifter fork on the right (passanger) side of the manual transmission. It unscrews from the transmission itself. I do not know what size wrench to use, sorry, but it cannot be easier. Really.