Flamekebab
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This afternoon I pulled out the passenger side rear cluster on my 2012 Panda to replace a dead bulb. No problems there - I decided to replace both of them at the same time just to be safe. Once I reassembled things I discovered that neither light was working...
I suspected the bulbs and dropped them into the indicator socket just to check - no problems there, they both work just fine.
Breaking out a multimeter I could see that one of the sockets was getting 5V and the other doesn't seem to be getting anything. The indicator socket gets the expected 12V.
Weirdly there was a brief moment, once, when both lights started working but I was never able to recreate it. Rechecked the bulbs in case any of my tinkering had somehow torched them but no, still working fine. The connection between the connector and the light cluster is also solid.
I'm guessing the issue is the wiring loom as a result but I'm not sure where to start on checking that. Any advice or should I get it looked at professionally?
I suspected the bulbs and dropped them into the indicator socket just to check - no problems there, they both work just fine.
Breaking out a multimeter I could see that one of the sockets was getting 5V and the other doesn't seem to be getting anything. The indicator socket gets the expected 12V.
Weirdly there was a brief moment, once, when both lights started working but I was never able to recreate it. Rechecked the bulbs in case any of my tinkering had somehow torched them but no, still working fine. The connection between the connector and the light cluster is also solid.
I'm guessing the issue is the wiring loom as a result but I'm not sure where to start on checking that. Any advice or should I get it looked at professionally?