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Old 04-15-2011, 06:38 PM
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Soo ever since i bought the car last year in april it had no electrical issues, then i let it sit for about a month and my right brake light starts to going dim....not blown but really dim to the point where you can't even see it, i cleeaned it up and it's stiill the same..then my turn signals went out, then the reverse lights went out...now my cruise control isn't working! everytime i put a new fuse in for the turn signals/reverse lights they'll blow out in a matter of minutes...any pointers of where to start looking for this short??
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these cars are notorious for the tail light harnesses going bad and or the sockets,

the whole taillight harness is replacable, go to the junkyard and get one off of an ls1 car if you can. they clip to the car harness in the trunk on the drivers side
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You will have to mess with the wiring with one from a LS1 Car, it's a little different.

I had a Socket go bad on one of my Camaro's.
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If u keep having electricproblem, take it to the car place, that specilise on car electric, they have the machine to hook up to, to find the problem. I know this shop here does that, he charge 50 dollar to tell you exactly the problem and how to fix it. He also do the work to fix wat ever electric problem.
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so if the whole taillight harness is bad would that cause my turn signal fuses to keep blowing out every time i put a new one in?
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It's probably one of them bulb sockets..same thing mine did.
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Cool thanks, hopefully this fixes the problem cause i can't risk getting pulled over and getting my car smogged again lol



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