Help - NO Legacy Tail Ligts

[datadr77]

Cheers,

Need some help.

My 95 Legacy has no Taillights.
I have headlights, brakelights, directionals, hazard & backup lights.

I have swapped out fuses, still no taillights.

One interesting note. Flipping the "position" switch on the steering
wheel does nothing. In either positon I have no taillights or license
plate ligts.

Anybody have any suggestions.

Oh yeah, Both filaments come on (in the bulb) when I hit the brakes.

???

 

[Mike G]

Are your dash lights out too? You've checked all the fuses?

 

[datadr77]

Dash ligts do come on. All other electrical seems to be working too.
Fan, power mirrors, dome light, etc.

I checked / swapped out the fuses loccated in the fusebox under the
hood. No Good! Are there fuses located somewhere else? Both
Chiltons manual have very little info on this. It does mention
"circuit breaker" for headlamps and wiper motor. Can this effect tail
lights?

When I "turn" the light switch to the parking light position; the
instrument cluster light comes on... but no tail lights or licence
plate light.

Tail lights do not come on with the switch in the headlight postion,
either.


Thanks

 

[Henry Paul]

On some cars the tail light bulb has 2 filaments in it. I'm not sure if this
is true for the Legacy or not. So what happens is 1 filament is used for the
tail light and another is used for the brake light/turn signal on models
where they are combined. It is possible for a single filament to burn out
and have the other still working.

Have you tested the bulbs to make sure they are good?

 

[beertender]

Oh yeah, Both filaments come on (in the bulb) when I hit the brakes.

Sounds like you've lost the ground connection to the rear of the vehicle.
I believe all the tail-light, brake-light and turn signal grounds are spliced
together and body-grounded at a single point. (don't know where)

zero

 

[Skweezieweezie]

Both filaments lighting is definitely signs of
a bad ground. Without the ground, the current
travels through the 2nd filament instead of going
to ground where it should.

 

[datadr77]

Cheers,

That was it!
Bad Ground... thnaks for the assistance