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Demien Castillo Posted on Apr 05, 2019
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Have a 2005 jetta 2.5 sedan reverse lights was not working dug a little deeper to find inside the trunk ripped out the trunk liner to see if the plug was on it wasnt so that fixed my one problem now i have no license plate light i kno they work bc i had a direct power from the battery what can i do

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Check the wiring from the license plate harness back. You may find a damaged or loose wire/connection

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Dec 08, 2008

SOURCE: rear license plate light 2003 Camry

The bulb number that you need is #194.
Pull off the interior trim, and you will see the sockets for the bulbs.
Thanks for selecting FixYa to answer your question.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 14, 2009

SOURCE: License plate lights do not work.

The licence plate lights are in the same line as your tail light wiring assembly. I assume your tail lights are working or you would have got a ticket for that. The wire is either cut, broken or unhooked from the tail light wires (which usually are brown). If you can not find the problem, you can always run a new wire to the tail light wire from your licence plate wire. Then they should work.
Your other problem is that the license plate ground is rusty & not grounding, which would also not let them work, so you should probably check that first. Rick

marionbagget

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  • Posted on May 15, 2009

SOURCE: tail lights and reverse lights out.

Check the bulbs for the tail/brake lights. If you put in single filament bulbs it will be on from the tail light voltage and the brakes will not show.
Try this;
Turn off the lights, press the brake pedal. Look at the brightness of the brake lights.
Now turn on the lights. Look at the brightness of the lights. If is the same as before the bulbs are wrong. You need two filament bulb.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 23, 2009

SOURCE: license plate light doesnt work, need fuse number. charyslerr 300 05'

You need to change the bulb there.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 09, 2010

SOURCE: no power to tail lights or license plate light.

check the fuse with a test light on both sides of the fuse,
next would be the headlight switch.

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