Tail light gremlins

[Rave Racer]

        I forgot to say what car it was, 87 4000 Quattro sedan.  Doesn't the
breaking wires just cause stuff to stop doing anything?  Just last night
they started doing something new.  Now every light on the tail end of my car
lights up when I turn on the right signal.  When they are flashing, if I hit
the brakes, they stop flashing and go super bright.  When I said every
light, I meant every bulb attached to any wires in the back, lights up
including brake lights on both sides of the car and the window brake light.
Super four ways?


> Don't know what model car you've got, "Rave", but I've had some rear tail
> light problems with both 4K and 5K models where the wiring gets bent at
the
> trunklid hinge.  Same effect as in the front doorjambs where the
insulation
> on the wiring breaks down from repeated bendings and then wires short
> together.
>
>
> At 01:38 AM 12/23/2000 -0500, Rave Racer wrote:
>
> >         Ok, now that I've cleared out my inbox, I have time to deal with
> > one of my many, MANY problems.
> >         My tail lights went out this evening, when my right turn signal
> > was turned on.  At first the turn signal froze so that all the signal
> > lights were locked on.  I tried the left turn signal and it was ok.  I
> > tried the 4ways and they froze for ten seconds and then released and
> > operated normally, or so I thought.  All my lights on the rear wouldn't
> > turn on when the headlights were on.  My left signal still worked ok,
but
> > now ALL the lights on the right side, except the headlight, flashed with
> > the turn signal including the frontside park light.
> >         Confused?  You bet, but I'm starting to get used to that.  I'm
> > also starting to really miss my Jetta.
> >                                                             RR
>