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Sometimes I see a car where the lights on the rear of the car are wired incorrectly, and I can't understand how this could possibly happen. For example, backup
by chihuahua 7y ago
Sometimes I see a car where the lights on the rear of the car are wired incorrectly, and I can't understand how this could possibly happen. For example, backup lights (white/clear) are wired the same as the brake lights. The car didn't come out of the factory like that, so at some point someone must have "fixed" it and the result is that some lights come on at the wrong time. I'm amazed someone can look at that and say "yup, my work here is done"
- kube-system 7y agoCould have been an issue with a replacement part. One time I got a replacement headlight that was internally wired backwards from the factory. (High and low beams swapped)
- jaclaz 7y agoJFYI, those are not necessarily wired incorrectly, car wirings are "queer" a single ground connection (negative/black to frame/body) that has oxidized or however does not make good contact and anything can happen to lights, and tail lights particularly also often suffer from dispersions/bridges in the connectorts due to the effects of humidity/mist[1]. [1] some makes/models are particularly subject to this (FIAT do you hear me?) , and it is very common to need to spray some WD-40 or similar once a year or so on contacts/connectors of tail lights/turn lights.