Tail Light Electricial Short (it seems)

[cinnur]

Hello All,

I have aftermarket tail lights on my 2019 JL sport. I installed them over a year ago, and they have worked fine since then.
Recently I was driving in the evening and a friend stated my driver side rear was all white light. In an attempt to keep this short, I have replaced the light, no good.
I also swapped lights between the passenger and drivers side, and any light works on the passenger side but fails on the drivers side.
What I have found so far is that if I have the reverse light connected on the driver's side is that nothing works, just white light. If I disconnect the reverse wire all functions properly. I looked and so far no shorts that I can find, any suggestions on how to approach this problem and sort it out are much appreciated.

Have Fun,
Sean

 

[jeeeep]

did you check the bulbs on the front as well?

turn signal works properly front and back?

 

[cinnur]

Hello jeeeep,

All turn signals, front and back work properly. The problem only happens when I have the reverse connection in place and I just turn on the lights, once this is done, that rear light goes white, and the directional and brake lights on that drivers rear don't work, that light stays white.
I disconnect the reverse wiring to the light, all works properly, obviously just no reverse light from that location.
For now I have just kept it disconnected till I feel like getting back into it further.

Thanks.

 

[cinnur]

Well this past week the tail light started to show more problems, other functions started to fail on the light. To keep this short, I took a meter, checked voltages and continuity and I determined that the plug itself I cut off the stock lamp was the source of the operational problems.
I got my hands on another stock lamp, removed the connector and attached it to the aftermarket light, and now everything is working perfectly.