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Can i disable the bulb-out relay without repercussions ?

It continuously flicks on and in no case EVER was there a bulb out anywhere








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you certainly can but it will take some investigatiing to understand what 'Power in' goes with what 'Power out' to get the Headlight sand tailights and brakelights all happy.

Tail lights are usually the issue. Make sure the metal on teh bulbs and the sockets are clean. Make sure where the socket meets the Circtuit board is also getting a good connection.

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If you are not prepared to chase down and solve the problem that is causing the sensor to activate, you could remove its warning bulb in the instrument cluster.

Removing the sensor itself would disconnect all the lights it warns about.

You can jury-rig some wiring to bypass the sensor unit, but it would take a lot of soldering or crimping and be a rat's nest under there.
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Hi,

You can pull the sensor from it's case and look for suspect solder joints-usually very small cracks in the solder joints and re-solder.

If you search the archives I think somewhere there is details to remove the bulb out sensor from it's connector and bypass the sensor by hardwiring.

Travis







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