Whats up with the tail lights?

"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus) 01/30/2019 at 08:27 • Filed to: None

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is this a yin /yang thing or just typical British (German?) electronics?

PartyPooper2012 > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/30/2019 at 08:35

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It shows which front seats are occupied. Obviously a driver is in so the left light points down...

bored... making ship up. seems plausible

jimz > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/30/2019 at 08:36

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were they like that steady, or is that just in the photo?

if the former, then yeah, either one or more LEDs or the driver circuitry failed.

if the latter, it’s because the brightness is controlled via pulse-width modulation (PWM) and the camera simply caught the two tail lights in a different part of their duty cycles.

boredalways > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/30/2019 at 08:37

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random001 > jimz 01/30/2019 at 08:38

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Darn you, beat me to it...

OPPOsaurus WRX > jimz 01/30/2019 at 08:43

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nope, running lights were the same when they took their foot off the brake.

jimz > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/30/2019 at 08:47

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yep, then just failed diodes/drivers.  I regularly see Chargers with various LEDs burned out in the tail light bar. 

McMike > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/30/2019 at 08:55

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He was likely in an accident and decided to provide the parts himself for the repair. Ordering new tails on eBay, it’s clear that one of them is from Australia.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/30/2019 at 09:35

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Even though they are owned by Germans, the Prince of Darkness knows no borders if it is a historic British brand. 

Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/30/2019 at 10:57

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ying/yang :

yin/yang:

...sorry to be that person.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Galileo Humpkins (aka MC Clap Yo Handz) 01/30/2019 at 11:16

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o damn, thats an unfortunate mistake.  

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/30/2019 at 14:55

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R56 has normal light bulbs, so they just have one burnt each side. R56 also has a bulb check warning the driver is ignoring.

I saw another car recently with an  interesting asymmetrical burnt out pattern

OPPOsaurus WRX > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 01/30/2019 at 15:42

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what are the chances that the bul b warning light is also burned out?

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/31/2019 at 01:12

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It’s an icon that comes up in the little display in the tach when starting. More likely the don’t know/ care what it means.

Incidentally my 1985 Jaguar has a bulb check light. It even works correctly.