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Old 01-27-2004, 03:18 PM
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parking lights and brake lights shorted!!

i was in an accident about a half a year ago with my third gen firebird and ever since this my brake lights have activated my parking lights and my parking lights activate my brake lights i have cheacked all the wires withing about 4 feet of the spot where the car was hit and i have also checked all the wires going down the side of the car to the rear brake lights and parking lights i cant seem to find anything but clean solid wire all the way down the car. could there be a fuse or relay that i could be over looking that could have shorted out in the accident. my front driver side parking light and my thurn signal were both broken in the accident any help is appreciated. also if i need to give more info i can
Old 01-27-2004, 03:59 PM
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check your dual filiment bulbs. sounds like one of them burned out and now the regular and bright/flashing filiments are touching eachother inside the bulb. when that happens, everytime u hit the brakes the voltage for the brake lights travels down through the bulb into the parking light circuit.
Old 01-27-2004, 06:08 PM
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what light bulb is the rear turn signal supposed to be on a 1992? and all the bulbs are fine as far as i can see
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