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[FamishedBeast]

i have a 2005 hatch but the rear tail lights  fail to make that nice O ___ O shape & instead seem to make a ( _____ ) shape , i have checked the bulbs and they are ok.

any suggestions ???

all help greatly appreciated
cheers famished

[PURPLE_2L_LX]

Do the top part of the lights work at all?

Cant remember if the facelift lights vary?  I know someone said their car had been wired to do the opposite, Half
the light for tail lights and a full circle for the brake lights.

If thats not the case then its most likely to be the bulbs or dodgy contacts in the light units.

[FamishedBeast]

PURPLE_2L_LX, on 15 April 2012 - 12:39 AM, said:

Do the top part of the lights work at all?

Cant remember if the facelift lights vary?  I know someone said their car had been wired to do the opposite, Half
the light for tail lights and a full circle for the brake lights.

If thats not the case then its most likely to be the bulbs or dodgy contacts in the light units.

it is showing as ( _____ ) instead of O ___ O ,

the ( _____ ) is side lights and brake light but absolutely nothing from the other 2 bulbs on either side WHICH MAKES UP THE CIRCLE , have checked the bulbs and contacts and they are ok. there is only 1 wire for the side lights and 1 for brake lights so can only assume the problem is the the bulb holder section on BOTH SIDES. just dont want to spend the money on new holders until i know it is definately that

posted this thread hoping someone else who had this problem may have sorted it and could have given a clue what to try

[4titx]

Odd both sides have failed? Looks like the combimed brake.tail one too. We take it teh brakelights work OK so no poor eath to hose bulbs?

Have a look as purples say at the light unit metal circuit, maybe a bit of corrosion on there.

Can you take a good picture of the light unit on the bulb side?

[FamishedBeast]

all sorted now , i removed both holders and gave them a very good clean and replaced all bulbs and now have fully working lights