Dead LED in Tail Lights (High mount stop light ?)

[NAiLs]

I couldn't find any information on this, so I gotta ask...

The LED in question here, is a single LED that lights up on the side of the tail lamp, not the rear. My problem is, I noticed that my driver side tail lamp, this particular LED was not lit. Is there any common ground (not referencing electrical ground here) that would cause this to go dead in 1-1/2 years? Also, what is all entailed in replacing this LED?

Here's the LED in question. This is obviously the working one, on the passenger side:

http://www.gameagon.com/images/G8/DSC_1444_edit.jpg

[Crazy Paul]

High mount stop light is mounted high in the middle of the car.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/PerthPurplePenguin/car%20parts/G84-1.jpg

[NAiLs]

lol... makes sense. 3rd brake light. Win! Thanks for the correction. I am unaware of that being LED (I've never seen it lit up in person), but everything that I find references LED for the "high mount stop light." What's this little LED that's on the side of the tail light called?

[GeoffA]

Here's all the bulbs...


2009 PONTIAC G8

Low beam headlamp
H11
H11ST Silverstar: The brighter and whiter light. Up to 35% brighter, up to 30% more downroad visibility and up to 35% more sideroad visibility.
H11XV XtraVision: The brighter light for upgraded performance. Up to 30% brighter light and up to 25% more downroad visibility.

High beam headlamp
H9

Parking light
2357A
2357ALL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.
2825
2825LL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

Front turn signal
2357A
2357ALL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

Rear turn signal
7507
7507AST SilverStar: The brighter, whiter signal light. Up to 30% brighter light, up to 20% whiter light and up to 10% farther and wider.
7507LL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

Tail light
7443
7443LL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

Stop light
7443
7443LL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

High mount stop light
LED

Fog/Driving light
5202

License plate
2825
2825LL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

Back up light
7506
7506ST SilverStar: The brighter, whiter signal light. Up to 30% brighter light, up to 20% whiter light and up to 10% farther and wider.
7506LL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

Front sidemarker
2825
2825LL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

Glove box
6418
6418LL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

Step/Courtesy light
6418
6418LL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

Trunk/Cargo area
6411
6411LL SYLVANIA Long Life miniature bulbs perform twice as long as any standard miniature bulb. Designed for durability, lower maintenance and greater safety.

[GeoffA]

I believe it's the parking light bulb that you want, 3rd one down.

[NAiLs]

I will have to look, but I could swear that looked like an LED 'cause it was extremely tiny, like an LED. I'll go see if I can't snap a good close-up pic quick. I don't know if my camera will focus well in the dim light of my garage.

[Crazy Paul]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/PerthPurplePenguin/car%20parts/fig18.gif

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/PerthPurplePenguin/car%20parts/fig18-1.gif

[NAiLs]

Alright. Took some pics... and IMO it looks like an LED. Let me know what you think.


http://www.gameagon.com/images/G8/DSC_1486.jpg

http://www.gameagon.com/images/G8/DSC_1486_crop.jpg

http://www.gameagon.com/images/G8/DSC_1484_crop.jpg

[GeoffA]

http://image.become.com/imageserver/s1/733892111-75-75-5-0/sylvania-life-mini-bulb.jpg

the 2825LL is pretty small.

Says it's the same type of bulb for the license plate light.

[Crazy Paul]

I only see Redex's.
Check Post 7 for the answer.
Y TF is this thread in the L76 engine SubForum?

[GeoffA]

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y20/PerthPurplePenguin/car%20parts/fig18-1.gif

That says it is a LED :hmm:

[NAiLs]

I only see Redex's.
Check Post 7 for the answer.
Y TF is this thread in the L76 engine SubForum?

Sorry, had a typo in my URL's, and that's fixed.

Yep, that's it for sure. The bulb that Geoff is referencing is way too big. Any idea on a part number or are there instructions on how to replace the LED?

LOL... I honestly thought I put this in the G8 GT forum, not the L76 forum. OOPS!

[GeoffA]

Thats Def a LED...

[NAiLs]

Thats Def a LED...

lol. I knew I wasn't on crack! :-P

[GeoffA]

All I can find is this, Looks like the LED but???

http://media.digikey.com/photos/Lite%20On%20Photos/LTST-T670AKT,LTST-T670EKT,LTST-T670GKT,LTST-T670YKT.jpg

[Crazy Paul]

Any idea on a part number or are there instructions on how to replace the LED?
There's no part number or repair instructions in anything I've looked at. Barely any info at all.
There's a pic of the electrical connector for the rear side marker.
A mention somewhere else that the rear side marker LED is part of the tail light assembly.

[DRCUSTOMPARTS]

You can't see the wires for the LED side marker in this picture, but they are permanently attached to the square connector that plugs into the vehicle harness in the trunk. I remember seeing the wires when I swapped my tails for tinted ones, and thought to myself, what the heck is that for? From what I recall the tail light would have to be disassembled to get at the LED to replace it, so it won't be an easy task.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/DonRome/taillightplug.gif

[NAiLs]

Geoff, yea, that looks like it! Got a part number on that one?



You can't see the wires for the LED side marker in this picture, but they are permanently attached to the square connector that plugs into the vehicle harness in the trunk. I remember seeing the wires when I swapped my tails for tinted ones, and thought to myself, what the heck is that for? From what I recall the tail light would have to be disassembled to get at the LED to replace it, so it won't be an easy task.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a375/DonRome/taillightplug.gif

I sure hope it isn't a difficult task! I will try to pull out the light sometime this week, if I have time, and see what is there. I am guessing pulling out the tails is pretty painless. If this is a difficult task, I guess I could leave it up to my dealer to fix. I don't know if something like this would be under warranty, though I've never seen an LED die this quick.

[DRCUSTOMPARTS]

It's easy to remove the tail light, just remove the plastic wing nuts that hold the trunk liner in place and carefully pull it out of the way. Then remove 3 steel nuts on the tail light with a 10mm wrench, unplug the wiring harness and pull the tail light out.

[GeoffA]

Geoff, yea, that looks like it! Got a part number on that one?


Nope, all I could find was a pic... Radio shack maybe

[-Ray-]

I only see Redex's.
Check Post 7 for the answer.
Y TF is this thread in the L76 engine SubForum?

'cause the moderators are a bunch of lazy bums?

[Greg@PacePerformance]

There's no part number or repair instructions in anything I've looked at. Barely any info at all.
There's a pic of the electrical connector for the rear side marker.
A mention somewhere else that the rear side marker LED is part of the tail light assembly.

Yup I just looked at a V6 tail that I have shipping out for a customer. The LED is not replaceable since it is molded into the lamp. You won't be able to put a new one in unless you take the lens off the housing. Sorry.

[Modhauler]

Covered under warranty? If it's not replaceable then you'd need a new taillight. Dealer visit?