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2012 Lower Tail Lights Dead After Plugging In

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Old Dec 2, 2013 | 11:22 AM
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2012 Lower Tail Lights Dead After Plugging In

Took the lower tail lights off to spray. Hooked them back in and only the reverse lights works on the lower assemblies. All other lights are fine. Just no Red Light on the lower assemblies.

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Old Dec 2, 2013 | 07:20 PM
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Did they ever work? The red in the lower assemblies are the rear fogs. Does your car have the rear fog option?
 
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Old Dec 2, 2013 | 07:50 PM
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It does not have a rear fog option. There are two bulbs in the housing. One comes on when you reverse ( behind the clear part of the lens ) and the other is just a normal tail light/ brake light.
The only ones that are working are the reverse lights on each one.
Replaced all of the bulbs. Same thing. All I did was unplug it and plug it back in.
 
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Old Dec 2, 2013 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by bmalicious
It does not have a rear fog option. There are two bulbs in the housing. One comes on when you reverse ( behind the clear part of the lens ) and the other is just a normal tail light/ brake light.
The only ones that are working are the reverse lights on each one.
Replaced all of the bulbs. Same thing. All I did was unplug it and plug it back in.
Like the previous poster said, those are rear fog lights and came with bulbs from the factory. Unless you have the rear fog light option they never worked you just didn't notice it.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 04:01 AM
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If they did work at one point as a brake light/tail light then someone has wired them into the brake lights. I have mine like this using the add-a-brake kit from outmotoring.
 
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Old Dec 3, 2013 | 05:43 AM
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Thanks.
I probably just didn't notice. Figured they were functional as a tail/brake light.
 
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