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    Posted: 30 Jun 2015 at 4:46pm
Greetings All,

We picked up our new 179 in mid-May and recently noticed the passenger side brake light isn't fully working.

Rpod Tail Light

This is occurring when headlights are on and also when brake are applied.  The photo shows with the latter.

My question:  is this wiring related or am I looking at aunit replacement?  I'd rather do it myself if I can but if a warranty call to the dealer is in order I'll go that direction.

Thanks for any feedback!

Jim
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It needs replaced. They are all LED. It's a problem with the board. 
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if your still around on this site, could use some insight... Got a problem with my rear right led rpod 171

running lights work fine. but brake and signal very very faint.. so strange. all the wiring seems fine, and it even works perfect once in a while.. i think it may be the light itself.. i even jumped it to 12v and ground.. got bright and worked but always on... what do you think.. its just over 1.5 years old 2017 171
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Originally posted by jtkg171

if your still around on this site, could use some insight... Got a problem with my rear right led rpod 171

running lights work fine. but brake and signal very very faint.. so strange. all the wiring seems fine, and it even works perfect once in a while.. i think it may be the light itself.. i even jumped it to 12v and ground.. got bright and worked but always on... what do you think.. its just over 1.5 years old 2017 171
Probably a loose or corroded connection. High resistance can cause this kind of problem. Since it is only the right side, it's probably either right at the light, or where the right & left are connected together near the front.
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I've seen some solder joints on these types of boards break.  Sometimes you can find them by powering the light and tapping on the solder joints. Then just re-solder them.
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took another look dont see anything loose or corroded.. Do you know which wires it might be the grounds look good too..
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I had the same problem and found a gob of mastic stuck to the back of the light causing the board to overheat and fail.  You need to order new tail lights and use good quality silicon to seal around them.  
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Had a similar intermittent problem with my 2015 179 - right LED taillight.  My TV ('17 F150) kept telling me I had a bad taillight on the trailer but it was intermittent so it took me awhile to actually 'see' the problem when hooked up.  Removed it and wired it to a spare battery and after some time it confirmed the taillight itself was bad.  An easy replacement for about $40.
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