Left brake light loose?

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BlueCollarTahoe

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anyone know which way i should go? the left brake light gets loose time to time, should i change out the socket? seems the bulb pushes in pretty well just loosens up after a while
 

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Are you using dialectic grease when installing? Also the housing around the bulb base get corroded.
 
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Only the left?

What happens if you swap bulbs from side to side?
honesty the right one someties blink too but isnt as loose or dim as the left i think i did swap em at one point but im not sure.

Are you using dialectic grease when installing? Also the housing around the bulb base get corroded.

not lately but i could use it. if it was corroded it wouldnt work period right? the lighrs before the led was always working.
 

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I just bend the tabs in the socket inward a little bit with a small screwdriver so the bulb goes in nice and snug that usually prevents the bulb coming loose
 

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Rust causes bad connections and may work on and off. How long have you had the LED lights? Everything was good before them?
 
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today i took them out and put in some cheap regular bulbs...were off. i went through the fuses and one of them were blown it seems. i put a new one and the brake lights were back.
 

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I bend the wires out on the bulb itself . Dielectric grease helps.
 

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