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Anyone else have problems with their taillights?

Old 09-16-2008, 07:17 AM
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Default Anyone else have problems with their taillights?

Just curious, I've owned my 2006 V6 for 2 years now and came out to my car to find that my rear turn signal is burned out AGAIN! After this time, I'll have replaced my rear turn signals 3 times. Twice on one side, and once on the other. I've never seen a car go through bulbs like this! Anyone noticing this problem?
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Old 09-16-2008, 07:36 AM
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Haven't had any bulbs out yet on my 06.
Do you drive at night a lot on bumpy roads?
If so, that would explain it.

If it's always the same bulb, then it's over loading, for some reasons.
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Old 09-16-2008, 07:40 AM
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my lights have had no issues
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:12 PM
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i've replaced my passenger rear blinker twice now...dont know why its doing this but the lights are very cheap and it takes like a couple minutes to change so it doesnt bother me too much
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:33 PM
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no problems here (knocking on wood)
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:42 PM
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Nothing on my 06 sorry
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Old 09-16-2008, 07:03 PM
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Of all the maintenance issues on ANY car, a burned out bulb is the easiest and cheapest fix. Not even worth worrying about.
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Old 09-16-2008, 07:48 PM
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are the bulbs you are replacing an aftermarket brand or from motorcraft? if they are aftermarket, they might me poorly made (doesn't mean a motorcraft bulb can't be bad either). the amount of times it has happened to you, though, seems like it might be shorting out or overloading like pascal mentioned.
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Old 09-17-2008, 06:39 PM
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I have replaced mine 4 times since 05
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Old 09-18-2008, 12:11 PM
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I've replaced my passenger side bulb once. It was a couple months after having my sequentials installed, I doubt that had anything to do with it though.

It's an easy fix unless you have the shaker box in the trunk. It is a pain to get the one nut off without dropping it because the speakers don't allow much room to get your hand in there.
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