Remember...beware of NON OEM tail light bulbs!!!

[VJ1]

Yesterday, the "Stop Lamp Inoperative" message came on the display on my 94 Q. One of the bulbs in third brake light was out, so I pulled in the nearest auto parts store and replaced both with Sylvania 921. I also replaced the tail light ones with 1157LL while I was at it. After that the damn message was still there, so I read the old posts on the subject and saw the recomendations for using only original bulbs.I went to the dealer today and got all new Nissan ones and installed them.Started the car, and BINGO. Message is gone. I love seeing that "OK".It's amazing the the difference a little bulb can make on a Q.Thank you to all those who have posted on this issue in the past.BTW... the Sylvania bulbs cost around $6.00 and the Nissan ones cost around $12.50.Vandi.

[Jesda]

I had the same error last week and found Toshiba bulbs. Installed Sylvania LL, problem solved. The dealer always gives me free bulbs.

[Q451990]

The Toshiba bulbs were OEM. The newest Dealer ones say "Made in Mexico" if I remember correctly. I wonder if cost cutting at Nissan has gone too far!

Heath

[Jesda]

The Toshiba bulbs were OEM. The newest Dealer ones say "Made in Mexico" if I remember correctly. I wonder if cost cutting at Nissan has gone too far!

Heath

Wow, Toshiba was OEM. I learn something here every day!

Wont be long until our oil filters have Renault logos and Nissan unveils the Le Car.

[Q451990]

Wont be long until our oil filters have Renault logos and Nissan unveils the Le Car.

[Q45tech]

Don't confuse the bulbs that some ignorant parts guy at dealership buy to save afew bucks/time with the bulbs they can order and eventually receive from Japan.

AS far as I know the 90-93 Q is the only vehicle with such sensitive bulb requirements. Since this vehicle is obsolete 13-17 years old why worry about stocking bulbs. Let them buy the wrong bulbs then we get to sell sockets and sensors says the GM.

Cheap bulbs have low quality soft low melting point lead in bottom contact which as just like low temp solder and melts...............look at bottom of cheap bulbs after they have been used for 90 days!

": If we consider the service lives of products that are designed to last a certain time we can see that they all have the same or similar failure characteristics.If we plot the service lives of the individual lamps on special logarithmic graph paper, the graph produced is called a "Weibull distribution curve". In a stable production process we obtain a straight line for the service life on which we can read off various life values. For its products in the automotive sector OSRAM specifies a B3 value, which indicates the time at which 3% of the tested lamps have failed. OSRAM also specifies the Tc value (characteristic Weibull value), which indicates the time at which 63.2% of the lamps have failed. It used to be the case that only the average value was specified (the average life), which in this system would correspond to a B50 value (i.e. the time at which 50% of the lamps have failed). By specifying both the B3 value and the Tc value it is possible to get an idea of the spread of the product's service life and hence the quality of the product. In America B10 is also given. This value can be calculated from the B3 and Tc values. "

[Q451990]

[QUOTE=Q45tech]Don't confuse the bulbs that some ignorant parts guy at dealership buy to save afew bucks/time with the bulbs they can order and eventually receive from Japan.[QUOTE]

The ones I was referring to came from Infiniti of Scottsdale in the Nissan box... I wonder if the ones from Japan even exist in the US supply chain anymore?

Heath