Valenti Tails, now no Brake lights
 

before everyone starts, i did some searching, already did some trouble shooting which ill explain more in a moment


this all started with the wonderful traction/ABS light coming on,


i currently just installed the Valenti,
i also have a 4th brake light installed (disconnected to make sure it wasnt that)

i have checked the fuses underneath bye the driver side of the car, swapped out fuses to be safe, still nothing

ABS fuses in the engine bay look fine

im writing this while im at work so i dont have the stock tails to install and see if maybe its the tails themself

i reset the battery, pulled the positive terminal


any other suggestions to look at????

Bad news. Many of these stories end with "well the lights toasted my BCU". There is of course no way of checking this short of swapping back.
Did you check the fuse under the dash?

The one under the highlight.
http://i.imgur.com/SQinn.jpg

I'll give it a look. Thanks

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Fingers crossed that is all it is.

nope, no go

well this sucks

going to convert everything back to stock i guess and call the dealership tomorrow

Oh that sucks. Really not much more you can do at this point but swap back and hope.

yea im stuck at the office waiting for the GF to get here so she can follow me home

gonna convert everything back tomorrow and call the dealer

on the good side, im still under warranty so *fingers crossed* this is covered

Who knows, you may get the stock back on and all be good.

im hoping this is the case,

only time will tell, not much i can do tonight, everything is going to have to wait till tomorrow

need to find all my stock bulbs and what not and swap them back in just to be on the safe side if i do have to bring it to the dealer


also need to find a stock driver side tail lights thats not cracked, reason for getting new tail lights

i can see the dealership telling me water got in through the crack and cause the damage

@STV3 just sent me this,

post 24/25

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...t=11509&page=2


going to give this a shot tomorrow

I wouldn't worry about the cracked one so much. There is not much chance they could blame it.

its fully cracked, like the tail light is fully cracked open exposed to the elements

No corrosion in the socket or anything though?

none

Then hard for them to say it was because of a cracked housing. Get one if you can but if not don't sweat it .

Now my windows are working. Think I messed up somewhere with fuses.

I'm working in the dark. But everything seems fine

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well did everything i could

got the windows working, just a bad fuse!


gonna replace all the LED's on the car with the stock Bulbs,
put the stock tail lights back on and call the dealer

In for updates. I'm personally considering aftermarket lights and I am afraid of something like this happening.

I gave up. Took it to the dealer. Playing the waiting game now

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Update 1: dealership has no idea what is causing it. Trying to blame it on my stereo system. I'm fighting it!

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update 2:

they called again, part wont be here till tuesday, claim it will most likely be warrantied,

not in the clear yet but its looking good

i forgot to ask what part they are replacing

update:

dealership called yesterday, part is on backorder, they dont know when they will be getting it in

i asked for a loaner.. they dont have any still
asked them to cover the Fee for a Rental... have to wait till monday to see if they will cover it.....


again!!!! i forgot to ask what part they are replacing! ill call monday and find out


contacted the company i bought my Tail lights from to see if i could swap them out for a new pair,
im afraid if i put the tail lights back on, i may be in this same situation

got the car back

it was my Brake light Switch
Part Number su00302490



could anyone tell me if that could have just been faulty? or caused from the tail lights ????

I have no idea but OP, you also had LED bulbs for interior lights?
i remember my doom light did not work when door is opened after i switched to LED for while. it worked for while but one day, Boom! it did not work. BCU was damaged. ever since then, i don't use LEDs for interior. I only use LEDs on exterior light such as headlight,brake, license plate light, etc. I don't fully understand why LEDs causing it but didnt want to risk it again. anyway, glad you got the parts fixed under warranty!

yes i have Interior LED's
in the trunk and the dome light

been on the car for almost 2 years, just weird im seeing this problem now
now that ive had this problem, i may just stick to regular bulbs in the Interior

I had a similar incident with LED bulbs.
I removed the dome LED, trunk & DRL bulbs before taking my car for it's first oil change. When I put them back in that's when my headlights would not go on. I had remembered reading another member had it's BCU fried because of the interior dome light. I can't remember specific details. I removed the LED dome & trunk bulbs and put the OEM bulbs back in. So far my headlights are fine now. Go figure huh. :iono:

thanks for the input!
im going to swap back in the stock Bulbs

Thanks for the heads-up. Sorry I missed your thread. I don't think I would have been much help. Wouldn't have considered the switch itself.

Did you see @Dezoris' remark regarding a "brake switch tsb?" in this post?

I can't find it listed.

Didn't happen because of the tail lights, just got stuck or got damaged some way but not because of the tail lights.