boonewheeler
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My daily driver is a 2000 Volvo S70 non-turbo. Its had weird electrical issues since day 1. Currently there are 4 different sets of taillights/brake lights on the car. One each on the far outsides, then one each on each side of the trunk. The sockets hold (from top to bottom) taillight, turn signal, brake light. The weird thing is that currently only my far outside tail lights work (on the fenders) and even those are intermittent. No bulbs are blown, power is getting to the socket (checked with a multimeter), and no fuses are blown.
The bulbs the owners manual is calling for are 1156s for the brake lights (21w) and 67s (5w) for the tail lights. I just noticed that the bulbs from the store are 1156s but are 26.9w. Would this cause issues? Its getting really annoying cause I can't find a solution and I've been pulled over 3 times because of this. My next step is to replace all the sockets to see if this somehow might help.
Another question is that I know older Volvos (up to mid 90s) had a bulb failure relay that would go bad and cause lighting issues, anyone know if the 2000 has this relay and if so where it is?
The bulbs the owners manual is calling for are 1156s for the brake lights (21w) and 67s (5w) for the tail lights. I just noticed that the bulbs from the store are 1156s but are 26.9w. Would this cause issues? Its getting really annoying cause I can't find a solution and I've been pulled over 3 times because of this. My next step is to replace all the sockets to see if this somehow might help.
Another question is that I know older Volvos (up to mid 90s) had a bulb failure relay that would go bad and cause lighting issues, anyone know if the 2000 has this relay and if so where it is?
