some years back, i replaced my 245 rear brake bulbs with LED 1157. they worked fine up to now.

i'm not sure how they failed. i recently had my hatch window replaced.

symptoms
1. with brake pedal depressed; parking, with parking lights off, engine on or off
a) front parking lights, side markers (wired to the parking lights) on
b) instrument panel lights came on
c) bulb out indicator came on
d) important--all 3 brake lights worked

2) with brakes depressed when parking or headlights on, engine on or off
a) no indication of problem
b) no bulb out on the dash
b) brake lights worked

after replacing with normal bulbs everything works as normal: with lights in off position, engine on, brake pedal depressed--no bulb out indicator, parking or instrument panel lights not coming on.

looking at both LEDs, i cannot tell which is the problem LED bulb.

summary
1. not sure what caused the failure
2. LEDs are more expensive but should last for 1,000s of hours
3. took hours to trace problem, symptoms are different than incandescent bulbs
4. i still think LEDs are worth trying
5. i may have LEDs in my 86 245 which would be still working.
6. normally, i log in my workbook just about everything i do, but i haven't found when i installed these LEDs yet, so i don't know at this time;

i don't document installing bulbs, so i may not have logged installing the LEDs.


regards,
byron golden
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