Thank you so much now I dont have to stare at that light in my dash .
Lights gone now if I can just get a working taillight sensor and They will all finally be off.

 

no problem. are you sure its the taillight failure box thats the problem and not a bulb? you checked all of them? turns,brakes,parking,license plate bulbs etc?

 

i believe its only the 3rd brake light and the brake and tail lights that are wired in. the license plate and blinkers aren't. AFAIK

 

on the 89+ they are all wired in...not sure on the 87-88

MK3 TEWD On-Line

as you can see there the license plate bulbs AND the tail light bulbs are all wired into it... i dont see anything for the turns though.

 

I had a friend stand behind me and checked them all and he said they are working. So i'm assumeing its the sensor.

 

i got a spare sensor for the tail lights if you want. the chip inside the box likes to burn a hole in itself. i went to LKQ one day and snagged them all.

 

make sure its from the same year (or at the least 87-88 or 89+) otherwise it wont work.

 

they came from 87-88 and work on my 89 just fine. i know 89 needs to be treated like its own year for most things so maybe i just got lucky. either way i got a couple spares and will part with one if it works.

 

yeah best bet would be to match up the part numbers on the box....they are VERY finicky lol theres a yellow box (pre 89) and white box (89+) i think thats it...but yeah just match up part numbers and youll be fine.

 

oh nevermind then all the boxes i got are yellow.