treepete
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One of my tails went out also a while back. I tried to use a 'gmc' receiver hitch tailight , and i think that was the source of the trouble. it was a piece of crap, and i think it made the tailights blow out somehow.
anyway, it was just the passenger side, and when i removed the pcb it was all charred etc like you describe. a new one at the dealership was 86$ or somthing if i remember right... In retrospect, I should have tried to repair the pcb myself. the traces are wide and the layout is simple enough that you may be able to get by with just soldering in a haywire/jumper over the charred area. Without looking at it in person its hard to tell if its repairable.
but yeah. just my .02.
anyway, it was just the passenger side, and when i removed the pcb it was all charred etc like you describe. a new one at the dealership was 86$ or somthing if i remember right... In retrospect, I should have tried to repair the pcb myself. the traces are wide and the layout is simple enough that you may be able to get by with just soldering in a haywire/jumper over the charred area. Without looking at it in person its hard to tell if its repairable.
but yeah. just my .02.
