Tail light gremlins

[Huw Powell]

>         Oh ya.  It's an 87 4000 Quattro sedan.  It just started doing
> something different.  Now when I turn on the right turn signal, EVERY light
> on the back end of the car flashes.  Every brake light, signal light, drive
> light....  everything.  This is starting to get weird, but then again, what
> else is new.

almost certainly one of two problems: a bad ground best remedied with an
added local ground wire (see
http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/taillights.htm) and/or broken/chafing
wires where they go into the trunk lid.

good luck!

-- 
Huw Powell

http://www.humanspeakers.com

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