Amber side marker light goes out intermittently

Forum,

I've noticed that my front side marker light (see the below photo of the suspect light) will go out intermittently.



I've checked the bulb and it's in good shape. I also cleaned up the contacts (just in case) on the bulb/connector and applied a small amount of bulb grease.

I've found that, when the bulb does not illuminate, I can pop the hood latch and that generally turns it on - which makes me believe there is a bad/loose ground somewhere.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, how did you remedy it?

Thanks,

 

I spread the little wires on the bulb and finally got mine to stay on.

 

Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a shot.

 

I'd replace the bulb anyway. They are cheap and you could have a bad filament.

 

Yes make sure all connections are shinny and clean.Add a new bulb can't hurt.

 

I want to follow up to share the solution to my problem and hopefully help other TW members who run into this issue.

I pulled the bulb again and sure enough one of the contacts was bent. It looks like Sandyman and I had the same bulb installer on the Tacoma assembly line... I swapped in a new bulb and boom, problem solved. I've attached a couple of photos for reference. This first photo is the straight (correctly shaped) contact, and the second photo is the bent contact that was causing the intermittent connection.



Cheers,