Side marker won't work

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Old Jul 19, 2013 | 06:45 AM
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Yesterday I tried to change the rear side markers to LED lights. I put them in and they didn't work. I put back on the old ones and now they won't work. All the other lights work. Any clue as to what could be the problem?
 
Old Jul 19, 2013 | 12:27 PM
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test for volts at the light outlet. check fuse. so all the other parking lights work?
 
Old Jul 19, 2013 | 01:09 PM
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Yep. All other lights work
 
Old Jul 19, 2013 | 01:27 PM
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look inside the plugin to see if the little connectors are sticking out far enough to make contact with the wire/metal on the bulbs. sometimes they get pushed in and wont make contact. same with bulbs.
 
Old Jul 20, 2013 | 01:15 AM
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Check for corrosion of bulb socket contacts and use something to scrape them like a small flat screwdriver -- shine up the contacts as best as possible, and add a little dielectric grease when you reinsert the bulb.
 
Old Jul 20, 2013 | 02:44 AM
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There really isn't enough information here to answer the question to the problem. Why did Chevy101 change to LED side markers?

Did they use CAN bus LED's which are for 05+ or ?

Did you replace the old lights with new ones?
 
Old Jul 20, 2013 | 02:58 PM
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It's fixed. There was corrosion built up on the sockets. I used sandpaper and now it's working
 
Old Jul 20, 2013 | 04:33 PM
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kool, cheap fix is good. led lights draw less amps and make more and imo better light.
 
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