my driver side tail light / stop light is driving me insane


I turn lights on its good and working I press the brakes the tail light part turns off and the stop light does not work u take the foot off the brake tail light comes back on and like nothing ever happened

I changed all bulbs in the tail light and still same issue I took the plug out and sprayed it with electric die electric cleaner stuff and nothing changed


is this a known problem ? is there a fix to this issue some where ?


thanks

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2003 GX470
1998 E300 3.0TD
2002 Dodge 2500 4x4 cummins
1998 Dodge 3500 5 speed Cummins

I think it's normal for the tail light to turn off when the brakes come on, fixing the brake light is an issue, check with a voltmeter, see if you have power at the brake light fixture with the pedal pressed. start looking for a broken wire.

bad ground?

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1984 300TD "MAX" 303K+ still going...
fast '70 Chevelle 200k+
home built Shovelhead chopper

Thanks for the reply guys I Will start looking at the wires today

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2003 GX470
1998 E300 3.0TD
2002 Dodge 2500 4x4 cummins
1998 Dodge 3500 5 speed Cummins

There is a bad ground and the running light is grounding through the brake light filament. When you apply power to the brake light there is power coming from both ends with no where to go and neither bulb lights.

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'82 300D - Light Ivory, 2nd Owner (Back in the wind April 2013!)

'95 E300D - White, grey interior. (Suffering from stuck/broken glow plugs)

Deuteronomy 22:4-
"Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again."

Just a thought - I kept burning out the LR tail bulb - replace it every 4-6 months... Whatever - turns out the fix: The bayonet socket had slowly over time "widened" itself out - cleaning, etc, didn't fix the problem, but gently squeezing the socket to narrow it (with the bulb out - squeeze a little - try the bulb - squeeze more, etc) until the bulb fit snuggly solved the issue.

Granted, my issue was a little different, but might be something to check/try. I had a hard time wrapping my brain around the idea that a loose bulb/socket could cause a bulb to burn out prematurely - but apparently has to do with heat generated by gentle arcing...

Anyway - just something to check...

G

No. Tailights stay on when brake light energizes.

It's a ground issue.

No current flow.

Jim

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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles

This sounds like my problem if I wiggle the bulbs they would get brighter

I will try to squeeze the sockets tomorrow

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2003 GX470
1998 E300 3.0TD
2002 Dodge 2500 4x4 cummins
1998 Dodge 3500 5 speed Cummins