My Camry 05 with 25,000 miles had both brake lights go dead almost at the same time within one week apart. Is this common ? I had my dealer changed the right side brake bulb 5 days ago (warranty covered item) but today someone told me , "hey your left brake light is not working" and I though OMG. Of course is covered with the warranty and I get a free car wash from the dealer, Is this something that happens around 25K miles ?
Thanks
Probably the switch, not the bulbs.
yep, if it happened again, I'd want to apply a known 12 volt power source and test the light bulb (or do it simpler by sticking an ohmmeter on the bulb to assess the continuity through the filament.)
Maybe Ray O knows whether there could possibly be a power surge allowing the bulb to blow from too much voltage?
============= Just make a policy of replacing signal lamps in pairs.
1) If one goes out, the other can't be far behind 2) Keeps the level of illumination constant between sides - two new filaments instead of one new one oldIf they blow a second time, then start looking for extranwous sources.
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