Author Topic: Brake/Tail lamps stop working with head lamps on. More issues related..  (Read 2347 times)

Offline notched

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Ok, the brake lamps and turn signals work fine. But when I turn the head lights on, they stop working. I noticed the parking/side marker lamps dont work and the high beam bulbs are lit very dimly even though the high beams arent on. The right turn signal indicator is lit even though the turn signals arent on.
I bought this truck off a neighbor who severely neglected it. I would like to make it into a good daily driver.

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Re: Brake/Tail lamps stop working with head lamps on. More issues related..
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2009, 09:08:41 pm »
All what you describe is "usually" due to bad grounds.  BTW welcome to the site...
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Re: Brake/Tail lamps stop working with head lamps on. More issues related..
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2009, 11:16:34 pm »
Thank you. Glad to be here :)

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Re: Brake/Tail lamps stop working with head lamps on. More issues related..
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2009, 01:28:53 pm »
Ditto, I would check for a bad ground.