bigramma0786
Junior Member
Alright, so I haven't been able to find exactly the information I've been looking for on this. I recently had my right turn signal start flashing rapidly and then dash indicator tell me that my rear brake light was out.
The issue is that the brake light isn't out at all and I see that the bottom two out of five signal rows of lights sometimes but not always flicker intermittently. Now it looks like it's common knowledge here that the LED light assembly needs to be completely replaced and you can't replace just one bulb. My question is, is this a light assembly issue at all or is there something else going on up the chain with the controller because it's very intermittent?
For example, sometimes the signal rate (dash and mirror lamp) goes back to normal, but I still have the "rear brake light out" message on the dash.
I took the fixture out and sprayed the contacts down with contact cleaner, but honestly, everything looked pretty clean and dry anyway. With the assembly unbolted, I wiggled the connectors and the harness around with the indicator flashing and I got it to stop flickering (i.e. got back full functionality) but I couldn't reproduce the flicker and I'm sure it will return.
Obviously, I would rather not have to spend $120+ on a new right-rear assembly or even an aftermarket pair, and I'm not wholly convinced it's not further up the chain now because of the intermittent aspect.
Was wondering if the community here had root-caused the issue?
2014 Ram 1500 Laramie with LED tail-lights.
The issue is that the brake light isn't out at all and I see that the bottom two out of five signal rows of lights sometimes but not always flicker intermittently. Now it looks like it's common knowledge here that the LED light assembly needs to be completely replaced and you can't replace just one bulb. My question is, is this a light assembly issue at all or is there something else going on up the chain with the controller because it's very intermittent?
For example, sometimes the signal rate (dash and mirror lamp) goes back to normal, but I still have the "rear brake light out" message on the dash.
I took the fixture out and sprayed the contacts down with contact cleaner, but honestly, everything looked pretty clean and dry anyway. With the assembly unbolted, I wiggled the connectors and the harness around with the indicator flashing and I got it to stop flickering (i.e. got back full functionality) but I couldn't reproduce the flicker and I'm sure it will return.
Obviously, I would rather not have to spend $120+ on a new right-rear assembly or even an aftermarket pair, and I'm not wholly convinced it's not further up the chain now because of the intermittent aspect.
Was wondering if the community here had root-caused the issue?
2014 Ram 1500 Laramie with LED tail-lights.
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