Anyone know the proper tail light bulbs to use (96 3.8L)? Each lens has two tail light bulbs (plus a backup light): one bulb has three wires and two filaments in the bulb, which makes sense, but the other bulb has only two wires, but the bulb that is currently in that socket also has two filaments, which does not make sense. The problem I'm having with that socket is it is burning too bright light the brake light does. The same position on the right side does not burn that brightly even though it also has a two filament bulb in it,
Any ideas or know the proper bulb number?

 

i did a quick search of advance's site and i'm finding 3057 LL as the taillight, 194 LL as brake/signal. one side may be brighter because lights should be replaced in pairs and whoever replaced them may not have done that? hope this helps.

 

if your talking about the brake light the part number is 2057LL
for your tail lights/parking markers part number is 194LL, i believe those are the only types of bulbs.
After reading many threads this is JUST a wild guess, your BCM is bad, my problem is the DRL's, when i first start the car my DRL's work fine, but after about 5 mins, the driver side DRL shuts off and the turn signal stops working, my guess is the BCM, those boards get hot and start to crack.
Although since you have a 96 I do not believe you have DRL's, correct me if im wrong.
I would replace the bulbs to see if that is the problem first.

 

i think montecarlogirl is right, autozone is giving me both 3057LL and 2057LL.

 

haha, i tried auto zone but their site was being crap as usual. maybe it takes both the 3057 and the 2057??

 

I have a broken tail lamp, actually the plastic piece for my reverse light came off and the bulb looks like the 2057LL, im not sure about the brake bulbs, those could very well be 3057LL

 

Thanks everyone.
I'll check it out.

 

did you ever find the solution for this? I have a similar problem...