whazard

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My driver side taillight is staying lit up as if I am pressing the brake and the 3rd taillight above the trunk is not coming on at all. I have checked the fuses under the hood and both fuse boxes under the rear seat but none seemed to be blown...

Anyone seen this problem before?

Could I have missed a fuse?

None of the fuse descriptions I saw seemed to be specific to the 3rd brake light..

SSmokd U

I don't believe it is very common, but your led strip (3rd brake light) may be bad. Have you checked all of the bulbs in the taillight? Most if not all cars have a built in warning system letting you know when a bulb is out, i.e. signal light staying on instead of flashing or flashing fast.

whazard

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Haven't actually checked the bulb yet. Will check it when I get out of work. The turn signal indicators are both working normal and blinking at normal speeds. To clarify, it is the very top bulb on the driver side taillight and it stays fully lit whenever the lights are on but when lights are off brakes work as normal... really odd

Edit: Ok, taillight bulb was bad. Now just the 3rd brake light issue to deal with

bamacaddy

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Well from what I've found, around 75% of the 3rd brake lights are bad and around $300 to replace. It's a gas filled something and a GM ONLY part. I keep a check at the local junkyards....I'm not shelling out $300 for a tailight. I have 2 that work just dandy.

SSmokd U

Just paint it the same color as the car and vola! It's a spoiler. LOL

whazard

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lol, I probably would if my paint skills weren't atrocious.

I saw a thread a few weeks ago about changing the bulb out with an LED strip but I can't seem to find it now. Can anyone link me to it? About how much would it cost to do this?

$300 bucks is ridiculous. Thanks for your help guys.

egypt123

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I think that LED 3rd brake light thread is on the 'other' Caddy forums. You might want to do a search over there. As I recall, it looked like a real PIA project.