How to fix tail light/ brake light bulb blown issues on your car or truck!

[snikwad]

Mopar is an old native American word that translates to electrical problem

[racer]

Dielectric grease is what's needed here...

[caratrimble]

That is caused by a loose connection, there is poor contact between the bulb and the terminal in the connector, this generates resistance and thus heat, you can clean and respring the terminal or replace the whole thing, either way works, not doing so will affect the entire wiring harness.

[jordancouchman]

I see this all the time. I clean the socket and bend the prongs out a little with a pick then put dielectric grease on the contacts. Fixed for free.

[richardnott]

Just clean the terminal and tighten them. Resistance caused heat and the internal terminal is loose.

[richardmora]

It's a ram told me everything I need to know. 😂😂😂

[randallsmerna]

What's happening is that it's not making a very good contact so it's arcing which is creating heat.
Dig in there and adjust the contact prongs or a replace the socket.

[vandamonium]

bit of dialetic grease solves that as its heat resistance i find a lot of pick ups and 4x4's blow bulbs due to harsh vibrations as the element heats and becomes stretched and when cools becomes fragile and then vibration snaps the filament

[Baasicstuff]

Use a little dielectric grease that would make the connection better. No need to replace anything.

[MoaByte-vz]

Its an intermittent connection that is arcing. A little careful bending and some dielectric grease and it might last forever.

[rickbodi]

it's heat from bulb in a plastic socket. you must drive in an area full of traffic signals. ie, stop lights

[jennifurzoe]

What I do on all the bulbs of that type(3157) not the 1157 twist ones, but the wires flat near the bulb is to put a bump in the wires with a pick so it's } like that on both sides stop them as I've done many like that.

[stevedeleon]

Wow..My 2002 Chevy S10 sockets still look Brand New..I did R/R ALL my incandescent bulbs to LED & installed Custom Lenses Rear & Front

[ghumphrey]

You can physically bend the prongs on the bulb to achieve a tighter fit of the bulb, thus providing a stronger contact.

[drewledbetter]

My subaru had the same problem.
Dealer replaced socket under warrentee, fixed.
There was a service bulletin about it

[wyliecoyote]

Removal of tail light assembly; was it difficult to pull it back from the body? Had a difficult one to pull before, smear some white lithium grease on the plastic nipples and grommets and it helps to install and remove, also slip a shoelace around the light assembly and pull rearward both lace ends like handles. Works really well to pull tail light out.

[Jon-dzcl]

The oils on your fingers and hands can also cause the bulb to break. After installing ANY bulbs i wipe them down with a microfiber towel.

[vanessamcdaniel]

Thanks so much, for explaining it so well.Short and right to the point.I appreciate YOU! This helped me a lot and saved me asking around.

[McCoy]

You could buy just the wiring harness replacement it should be good.

[zackeryshackelford]

i had a taillight that would go off intermittently, could lightly smack and it would work again. i figured it was a loose connection, but the loose connection turned out to be the bulb filament. never seen a bulb do that. filament was loose and would work when touching. i figured theyd burn to a crisp the second they dont connect.

on a brand new 22 tacoma