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3rd Brake Light Question

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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:02 PM
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Default RE: 3rd Brake Light Question

OK, here is a pic...



The trunk light is off and it is completely dark in the garage. It must be a problem with the circuit board.

What do you think?

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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 09:18 PM
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I work with high intensity LEDs at work.

Could be that whatever device they are using to turn them on and off is letting just a small amount of current through even when they are supposed to be off. It's called leakage current. It's generally only a few microamps (0.000001 amps) though so it shouldn't drain your battery any worse than the
car does on it's own...



Old Apr 3, 2008 | 07:45 AM
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Default RE: 3rd Brake Light Question

Update - The LED 3rd Brake Light does not work correctly on the 2008s. American Muscle has added this correction to their product page.

I wonder why Ford changed something with the 3rd brake light in the 2008s?
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