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Old 11-09-2010, 08:43 AM
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Hi All,

Got a strange one: The passenger side license plate light won't shut off... The driver's side goes on and off like you'd expect, but the other one just stays on and on. Anybody have any ideas about how to start looking for the problem? I'm not too worried about the battery if I drive the car every day, but I'm a little worried that 1) if left for a few days the battery might get too low to start the car and/or 2) it signals that something else, more serious, might be wrong.

Thanks in advance for any ideas you have!

Cheers, Jon.
Old 11-09-2010, 08:47 AM
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Try pulling the housing of the light out, disconnect and reconnect the cable and see if it helps any.

edit: You can get the housing out by sliding it left (or right, I don't remember) and then with your fingernail pull the head out and that's it. It might be tight though. There's a plug that you can disconnect then...
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