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    All rear lights out?

    Hello all,

    EVERY light on the back of my car('91 GM GS) has been doing weird stuff lately...along with some other stuff.

    - ALL rear lights quit for a short while
    - Taillights now work intermittently, brakelights and turn signals(rear only--fronts still work) are out
    - Cruise control will not shut off when I hit the brake, and does not want to cut out from the wheel button
    - Key-in-ignition and lights-on dingers do not work.

    I was driving the other day and smelled burning electrical stuff from the A/C system while it was on Vent, but not on any other settings. It stopped and the lights still worked, but now they have quit.

    Any ideas, guys? I don't want to throw away this car! We're going to have it in the shop tomorrow for a brakelight switch replacement(what my dad thinks it is)...anything else we should tell the guy?

    #2
    oh boy it sounds like an electrical short...if you don't have much experience with auto electrical I would have a buddy look at it or take it to a good shop. electrical is a hard one.
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      #3
      Check the fuses. If the brake light fuse is out, the cruise won't shut off properly. As for the rest of the lights, I'd bet on a bad ground in the trunk somewhere. Check all the ground connections, pull and clean them up. Probably will fix the problem.
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        #4
        It wouldn't be a fuse because if it was blown it wouldn't even work intermittently correct? Get a digital multimeter and check your wires, check the resistance of the ground too. Lower the resistance on the ground the better. I dunno what the resistance on the grounds are, but usually when I ground my amps or anything electrical in my car I look for around .2 ohms of resistance or lower.

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          #5
          Id go ahead and pull the headlight switch and multifunction switch and look for burned spots on the connectors, then replace that part
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