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Tail light bad connection? e46

Hello all,

I have a LR tail light that occassionally dims and then gets bright again. I have replaced the tail light bulbs (2) with no help as advised by the "stealership". The dimming also causes the warning light indicator to come on sometimes and then it goes out.

I have looked at the tail light assembly and it seems to be a bad connection or a bad connector.

Any ideas to how I can have this fixed? My CPO warranty may not cover this.

Car is an 2002 325i.

TIA, William

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weng94
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RonN

William,

On my car, I had a similar problem with the brake light. After days and weeks of troubleshooting, I tracked the problem to corroded contact area. If you look at the areas where contacts are made in taillight assembly, you might come to discover that there are holes around the contact areas. I am not sure if you will have the same problem, but from what you describe, it seems like an intermittent connection issue.

Best regards

weng94 wrote:

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viper

Thanks a bunch to all, I have found the contacts to be corroded and have got them fixed.

Regards,

William

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weng94

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