About what I'd expect of Lincoln tail lights

"The Ghost of Oppo" (gohstoklasa) 06/14/2019 at 09:45 • Filed to: None

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It’s kinda hard to tell from the picture, but half of the trunk tail lights were burnt out, and in random order. The upper and lower horizontals on the left, and the lower diagonal and horizontal on the right were all out. This is the newest generation of the Continental, so this has to be less than 3 years old.  

412GTI > The Ghost of Oppo 06/14/2019 at 09:52

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Big oof

Also funny it’s on a limo plate, because of course it is. Rarely see non-livery Continentals. 

jimz > The Ghost of Oppo 06/14/2019 at 09:53

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I’m seeing similar on Chargers and Darts.

Shift24 > The Ghost of Oppo 06/14/2019 at 09:58

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Stating to see C hargers and more so Durangos do this as well. Most common is  drivers   side top part of the lights.

ranwhenparked > The Ghost of Oppo 06/14/2019 at 10:00

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Wait, is that near  G rist House?

LongbowMkII > The Ghost of Oppo 06/14/2019 at 10:00

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I judge car’s build quality by the lights. I figure if you can’t wire a tail light then you don’t get the benefit of the doubt for the rest.

jimz > The Ghost of Oppo 06/14/2019 at 10:00

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FWIW, there may actually only be one or two dead LEDs. LEDs need to be powered via a circuit with a ballast (current limiting device) since they’re negative temperature coefficient devices; their resistance goes down as they heat up so w/o a ballast they’d  burn up in less than a second. the simplest ballast is a resistor in series with the LED, and in many/most cases where you have lighting like this it’s common practice to put a bunch of LEDs in series and then feed them with one ballast resistor to minimize the number of resistors in the assembly taking up cost and burning power.  downside is that if one LED in that string goes pop, the rest of them go dark too. 

The Ghost of Oppo > ranwhenparked 06/14/2019 at 10:06

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Yep, that’s Millvale! Are you local?

The Ghost of Oppo > jimz 06/14/2019 at 10:08

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You’re gonna have to say that slower and use smaller words. But still, it would seem there are 6 sets, and 4 have dead bulbs. I don’t like those odds on a $50k luxury car.  

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > The Ghost of Oppo 06/14/2019 at 10:09

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Perhaps it has had a colonoscopy?

ranwhenparked > The Ghost of Oppo 06/14/2019 at 10:12

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No, I’m from e astern PA, but I have been there. That church looked familiar.

jimz > The Ghost of Oppo 06/14/2019 at 10:23

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I wasn’t trying to justify it, man. 

QCGoose > jimz 06/14/2019 at 15:05

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I’ve been seeing this on newer Durangos and Chargers for years now with the “track” taillights. I just figured it was typical Chrysler build quality so I certainly wasn’t surprised ; shame to see it on someone else’s (Ford’s) modern car(s).

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > The Ghost of Oppo 06/14/2019 at 15:30

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Weird. I have a 2007 Mercury Milan with LED tails that are doing great. *knocks on wood*

jimz > QCGoose 06/14/2019 at 17:33

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Well, LEDs are like any semiconductor, they can fail prematurely and the more you use the better chance one will fail. Plus these are kind of in a bad spot, I’d wager trunk slam is hastening their demise.