QuestionI heard an awful sound, almost like bad brakes pads rubbing together (rough,grinding sound)when I applied my brakes. But, the brakes were fine. It just stopped. I continued driving, even had the car inspected, it passed.
I drive a 1989 Toyota Corolla. That evening I realized that my back taillights would not go out. My brakes lights do not work. I have to disconnect from the battery to park it so the battery doesn't go dead.
The car runs great, all except the back lights do not go out an I have no brake lights.
Over the years, I've had a problem with one brake light that constantly never wants to work. But, it has been repaired and seems to be holding fine. I'm not sure that has anything to do with my current problem.
Where do you feel I should start?
AnswerYou should start by removing the tail light assemblies and removing all the bulbs, next look into each of the bulb sockets for any burned spots or worn contacts, check to make sure all the ground wires are tight, they are white and black,tighten all the screws that connect the ground wires,install all new bulbs, make sure that the correct bulbs are in the sockets, some of them have two contacts and some only one.
Next, check the parking light bulbs in the front and make sure they have the correct bulbs installed. Let me know if this helps and if you need more help.
