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Old 10-18-2009, 09:36 PM   #11
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Just a friendly reminder that this is the time of year when light bulbs tend to fail, and we...for whatever reason...don't have "bulb out" indicator for the tail lights. I found a dead one this morning so I replaced them both.

I really wish we had an indicator for dead lights. My first car had one and it was built in 1985.


A cop followed me home the other night to tell me my tail lights are out. I want to check the fuse, but can't find a diagram that labels the fuses. I don't want to pull out random fuses from the several locations to check. Can you help me with this?
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I had light out indicators on my 1990 Camry. I replaced about 8 tail light globes over 6 months then all was good. I suspect we had a dud batch of globes where I used to work.

If you really want to see a cheap arse car have a look at the latest Holden Omega, what a POS. Compared to the previous model it is bare bones. Front inside grab handles, gone. Noise suppression of engine bay noises, gone. Glovebox light, gone. Reading lights, gone. I only spent 2 shifts in this poverty pack and I want my old car back, noisy bucket of puss.

I check my light by using the reflections in windows. Yesterday I thought my right front park light was out but there was a pole blocking my view. (when he moved I could see the light was working )
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Old 10-19-2009, 05:06 PM   #13
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A cop followed me home the other night to tell me my tail lights are out. I want to check the fuse, but can't find a diagram that labels the fuses. I don't want to pull out random fuses from the several locations to check. Can you help me with this?
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Have you checked the bulbs? The dead one I found didn't actually look burned out. The filament had broken in a location that wasn't readily visible and in fact the bulb would flicker if agitated. (Then I agitated it too much and it completely broke.)
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