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Rear Running lights out

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by cdost33, Sep 10, 2019.

  1. Sep 10, 2019 at 8:19 AM
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    Something blew over the weekend in the electronics that caused my rear running lights to go out. Since the front ones work I'm concerned I might need new tail lights.

    It would help if I could figure out what module in the electronics box controlled the tail lights for the rear. Anyone know what those are called on a 2015 Tacoma? I did check the fuses - ALL of them and none were blown so I'm guessing some other relay module is blown. However, the cover, which gives a schematic for what each is is too cryptic for me to figure out which one controls the rear running lights.

    Thanks in advance for any help on this.
     
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    Thanks for the link and clue.
     
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    Well, I tried everything that was simple. All the fuses under the hood were good. Replace the towing/taillight relay and it still didn't work. Looked at the wiring diagram (above) and have 12V to three of the four connectors, but which one is #1, #2, #3, or #5 is not evident from the actual hardware. So I don't really know what is wrong other than the running lights and towing lights don't work.

    And I also pulled the tail light assembly and applied 12v to each of the connectors and the lights themselves actually work - so the trouble is in the circuit controlling the lights, but where is not obvious or easily accessible to me. Makin' a date with the dealer to diagnose at this point. Out of options unless someone here has experienced this and knows XZactly what the problem is.
     

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