I wanted to try the LED replacement bulbs I bought on ebay to "brighten up" my tail/brake lights today.
They felt loose (sloppy), and wouldn't light. If I wiggled them around, they would light for a brief moment, but basically, no go.
After trying for a few minutes, the rear tail lights went out completely, even the original ones.
I thought "No big deal", probably just blew the fuse. Well, the fuse (#10 in the fuse block) a 5 amp looked good, but replaced it anyway, and still no power. No power to any of the contacts in the bulb socket, and no power to the yellow (?) wire on the supply side of the tail/brake light wire connector plug under the seat.
The brake lights work, as do all others. Horn works, everything else works. What's kinda odd, is when I put the key in the "parking" mode, the lights come on, but BRIGHT, like it's the brake lights instead of the tail lights. Maybe that's the way it should be in "parking" mode. I never paid any attention before.
Anyway, in the past, no tail lights was a "ground" problem, but I didn't disconnect anything, and the ground seems fine.
Is there another fuse somewhere in the tail light circuit??? The book says if there is no power to the yellow wire at the socket connector plug under the seat, to check the light switch/key switch, and other connectors. But I don't know If/where there's a "tail light switch" on the America, and I didn't F' with ANYTHING other than the tail lights themselves.
I don't know how to trace anything electrical, so again, I'm wondering if there's another fuse somewhere in the circuit other than the one in the fuse block?
Oh, by the way, the LED's appeared DIMMER than the 1157's I had for years. (Not original lights, they are the generic "Beehive" trailer lights sold everywhere.)
$10 for the bulbs down the drain, and probably $100 labor to get someone smart to figure it out! OUCH!
