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Old 01-24-2009, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Margarita Girl
One bulb goes out they all go out? Like a Clark Griswald car?
Nope they are each individually wired directly back to the SJB. Each bulb
has its onw unique and different color wire.
I went with the Sylvania LongLife bulbs when I did my
CDC Sequential install and 18 months later, they are still going strong.
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Old 01-25-2009, 03:57 PM
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thats funny, i saw a red s197 the other day where both tail lights only had one lamp working. it looked like it one had a lazy eye while the other was looking right at you :/
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Old 01-25-2009, 04:22 PM
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Evidently the bulbs are bad, I had to replace the center bulb on mine. I guess I will get me some sequetials before to long. My center top light is out, I have never even tried to mess with it, I only assume that its been out since I got the car
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Old 01-26-2009, 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Mamba GTT
I saw 3 S197s coming home from work the other day they too had missing tail lights.
LOL

i have replaced the middle bulb on both sides twice now and the third brake light twice as well....my only complaint so far on the car.
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Old 01-27-2009, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 157db
Nope they are each individually wired directly back to the SJB. Each bulb
has its onw unique and different color wire.
I went with the Sylvania LongLife bulbs when I did my
CDC Sequential install and 18 months later, they are still going strong.
I too went with the Sylvania LongLife bulbs and haven't had a problem since. I have noticed several stangs with taillights out. It is pretty evident they used some really cheap bulbs from the factory.
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Old 01-27-2009, 01:32 PM
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thanks for the info ill get some at auto zone....
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Old 01-28-2009, 05:21 PM
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That's weird, I've never seen a s197 with any light burned out. I guess I'll keep an eye on mine though.....
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Old 01-28-2009, 06:51 PM
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I have the opposite problem, kinda...
My lights are on but nobody's home.
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Old 01-28-2009, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by pascal
I have the opposite problem, kinda...
My lights are on but nobody's home.
Pascal...that's funny **** right there!!
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Old 01-29-2009, 12:31 AM
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I've seen alot of S-197 Mustangs with one or both of their tail lights out. I guess that the bulbs that they installed in the cars must be bad because I had to install 2 new tail lights within a couple of months. But I have seen several Mustangs with this problem.
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