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1998 Jeep Taillight issue

Old 11-02-2011, 01:28 PM
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Default 1998 Jeep Taillight issue

Hi there -- Thanks in advance for any help offered.

I noticed that the driver side taillight was not working on my Jeep, when I went to replace the bulb, I noticed that the same bulb worked fine when the brakes were applied.

Basically -- the bulb only works when the brake is applied, and not when the lights are on. This is only on the driver side -- The RH side seems to operate fine.

Also -- The driver side blinker bulb doesn't seem to work on the front of the vehicle as well -- I don't know if this is related or 2 separate issues....
Old 11-02-2011, 03:21 PM
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The tail light bulb has two filaments in it one for tail and the other for brake, sounds like the tail one burnt out. Just replace the bulb with a new one and that should fix it. Front turn signal may have same problem try a new bulb their cheap and easy to replace.
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