Z31 short in rear lights

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ZedZillaZ32
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My rear passengerside brake lights stay lit up when the car is parked and turned off.

Its just the top row so thats braking and driving lights but the driving lights up front dont stay on.

Where can I start looking for causes for these lights staying on?

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ZedZillaZ32
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Its now both sides and i didnt even try anything yet????

So wheres the best place to look for a short in the rear brake light circuit?

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ZedZillaZ32 wrote:My rear passengerside brake lights stay lit up when the car is parked and turned off.

Its just the top row so thats braking and driving lights but the driving lights up front dont stay on.

Where can I start looking for causes for these lights staying on?

Cheers
most likely, you have the wrong bulb in the assembly.

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dont think so Ive never changed the globes since I got the car and its run fine for 6 months till now. Top row should be double filament globes right?

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The rubbers on the brake pedal have come off.

Here's a write up http://www.xenonz31.com/Brakelampsstuck.html Depending on if you have cruise control or not i'm pretty sure the other one disengages the cruise control.

Both the rubbers are gone which can explain why the cruise control hasnt worked from day 1. Too late to test the cruise control but Ive put a nut and bolt inplace of the rubbers for now (If it works I will probally keep this setup anyway) on both systems. Just waiting to charge up the battery again and everything should be sweet.

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ZedZillaZ32 wrote:The rubbers on the brake pedal have come off.

Here's a write up http://www.xenonz31.com/Brakelampsstuck.html Depending on if you have cruise control or not i'm pretty sure the other one disengages the cruise control.

Both the rubbers are gone which can explain why the cruise control hasnt worked from day 1. Too late to test the cruise control but Ive put a nut and bolt inplace of the rubbers for now (If it works I will probally keep this setup anyway) on both systems. Just waiting to charge up the battery again and everything should be sweet.
Interesting. I guess you have bulbs out on the other side then, huh?

I would also recommend buying those rubber stoppers from the dealer. There's a reason Nissan chose to cut out the metal and put rubber pads in them, not metal bolts.


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