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After my car had been sitting for about 3 weeks, when I first drove it I noticed that my tail light was blinking as shown in the video below. Has

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Old 12-15-2015, 05:18 PM   #1 (permalink)
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After my car had been sitting for about 3 weeks, when I first drove it I noticed that my tail light was blinking as shown in the video below.

Has anyone else ever seen this or is there any way to replace the LEDs? Would I have to replace the entire tail light?

https://youtu.be/JgL7JhITfrw
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Are you sure its actually blinking? LED's look like that on a video no matter what.
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Ha yeah it actually looks exactly as shown. Will try to take another and show the difference between left and right sides.
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I have this problem but with the license plate lights. Have you replaced them with LEDs by chance?
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If the lights are flickering* as they appear to do in the vid, then I suspect a bad electrical connection.

You don't have to replace the whole assembly. See Owner's Manual or FSM (link in my sig) for instructions.

*Blinking is usually defined as more-or-less periodic in nature.
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