Taillights Trippin' - Causing Engine Chug

NickTurnon

Yeah - You read it right.

I took off the taillights yesterday from the car and painted them with VHT Nightshades. I had matte black plasti- dip on there.


Anyways, I installed them back on the car. But didn't realize til' I had everything back installed on the car that the right turn signal wasn't working properly. The entire taillight was blinking instead of just the upper reverse light portion. Also, the hazard lights would blink when I put the right hand turn signal on. Left is perfectly fine, no hazards.

Is this a sign that one of the bulbs is bad? I connected the harness just like ive done 10 times.. Im thinking its the cars backup plan if the bulb goes out.

It was freezing and I didn't have enough light or time to get the plastic panels all off again to inspect the bulbs..

On top of the weird blinking, its literally effecting my engine. When I turn right, the engine bogs out and chugs three or four times before accelerating normally. I thought I was out of gas, but its a full tank. Even when I drive in a straight line and change lanes to the right lane, it chugs the second i put the turn signal on.

Anyone have any insight on this?
Any help is appreciated

I searched, found nothing on this issue. Could be as simple as unplugging and plugging back in again. Maybe wires are switched? Why would this effect my engine?

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Mandingo

How strange.. I'm sure one of our more knowledgeable members can give you a good starting point to troubleshoot

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NickTurnon

When it happens, I feel like the little engine that could....

I think I can, I think I can.... chug chug chug.


This isn't normal - Pinnacle Nissan is my next stop if I can't fix it on my own or no one has any ideas..

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scottIN

On the taillights, just unplug & replug them and see if that takes care of it.

On the engine deal, I can't think of any reason the lights not working would have any effect. It would be like a bulb being out - wouldn't affect the engine.

martin82

check fuse also. I had a short on my fog wiring, shorted it and took a fuse out. That made the gauge cluster not work at all, and engine didnt like it one bit, eventually car just shut off and wouldnt restart.

Chuck33079

This is the only thing I can think of.

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SouthArk370Z

Double-check the grounds to the lights.

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