Tail light gremlins

Kneale Brownson knotnook at traverse.com
Sun Dec 24 19:31:19 EST 2000


The first thing that breaks down is the wire insulation.  This can cause 
cross-contacts for wiring serving different purposes.


At 03:21 PM 12/24/2000 -0500, Rave Racer wrote:

>         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
> >
>
>


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