So I have an issue with my passanger side taillight with it lighting up. When I push on the breaks, both of my bulbs light up just fine. When I turn on my lights, only my driver side light lights up but when I use the breaks, they both light up. What can I do to fix this? I just got a ticket and need this fixed this weekend! Please help.

 

did u check the bulbs out ? so when u turn on the parking lights, only 1 comes on... but when u hit teh brakes both light up?

try swaping out the good bulb from the other side with the one that is bad

 

okay. ill try that. the cop said thats usualy a wire problem. so i got a lot of this to do i guess

 

also check the brake switch under the pedal that happened to my truck

 

happens to me once in a blue moon. all I do is smack the taillight and it comes back on. +1 for the break switch under the pedal. check all wires too.

 

Silly me. i feel dumb. I just need a new bulb :*

 

wow. lol

 

Don't feel dumb. Clearly half the people in this thread didn't know either...

Happens to all of us.

 

indeed.
The bulb is like two bulbs in one.
That is why you had brake lights but no tail light.
There are two filament wires instead of one.

This is why I always say "start with the basic and small things first, then move on from there"

 

+1

 

this happened to me with new tail lights i had to like wiggle the wires and sort of push them down wards wedged some where then they stay on till now never had problem try moving them see if it lights up if it does move it to where it stays on tape it there put light back on i did it at night because it bugged me that much