Odd behaviour from lights

[Petew]

Hi all,

My rear lights are doing my nut in!

Problem 1:
When I brake, the right hand side brake and rear light come on at the same time but there is nothing from the left hand side.

Problem 2:
When the lights are turned on (at night) the brake lights are illuminated permanaently.

Any help greatly appreciated!

Pete

[v6 steve]

Sounds like a bad earth

[Mark1]

Yep mines like that ............................I must fix it

[Petew]

How is a bad earth resolved?

Pete

[cally8valver]

sound slike a bad earth or corroision in rear lights block clean all terminals in block connector to rear lights then try

[matty0785]

bad earth by the sounds of it

find the earth wire on the rear lights wiring loom cut away some of the sheath and conect another bit of wire to the loom and touch it to good clean metal

[Petew]

Cheers for all the help.

Is re earthing it an easy job to do or is best getting a pro to do it?
If so, how much hard earned cash will I be parting with this time?

Pete

[v6 steve]

it could be a 2min job or an all day one just depends if you find the bad bit or not good luck with the search

[ROG]

Have you checked there the right bulbs and there in the right way round? put in the wrong way they can cause problems like this

[Petew]

Thats an interesting one. How can I tell if they are wrong? Pretty sure the bulbs are right, but I suppose I could have put the wrong holders in the wrong place.

Anyone know the right sequence?

Cheers