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Old 11-17-2011, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by PersonaNonGrata View Post
Well, I did BOTH lights and used generous amounts of solder but I am still getting the error. I don't know now if I have bad holders. I cleaned up the contacts on all of them and bent the tabs a little for better contact. Any ideas or am I going to have to spring for LED units?
How about the bulb contact itself? Did you clean that up too? Pencil eraser or fine sandpaper should do the trick.

These tail lights are a pita. Nice work engineering team!
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