Lamp Out Light

[desertryder]

Every now and then I get the Lamp out light showing on my dash.

I don't even have the lights on when this happens.

When I turn the lights on and check evry bulb they are all working.

What Gives >??

 

[rbattelle]

Sounds to me like a bug, possibly related to the old classic "check gauges" light flash. It could also be an intermittent ground problem somewhere in the lights wiring.



If all the lights are functional, then I'd just ignore it.



-Ryan

 

[ZWag]

Mine did the exact same thing a while back. Mine ended up being a brake light, it finally went out all the way. The "Lamp Out" just stayed on all the time. I replaced that bulb and everything has been fine since.



Trust me this is something you can not ignore. It is hard to ignore it when you are driving along with it constantly dinging at you.

 

[rbattelle]

Mine did the exact same thing a while back. Mine ended up being a brake light, it finally went out all the way. The "Lamp Out" just stayed on all the time. I replaced that bulb and everything has been fine since.



Trust me this is something you can not ignore. It is hard to ignore it when you are driving along with it constantly dinging at you.

I didn't know it constantly dinged at you. You're right, you can't ignore that.



-Ryan

 

[Turbo1Ton]

Just to throw another scenario out there for you, picture this. I'm driving last weekend and I'm going along and all of a sudden my lamp out indicator comes on and I get a ding, then it goes out, then comes on and a ding, out, on/ding, out, on/ding, out, on/ding... and on and on and on and on. I went from a 2 lane to a 4 lane and went to move over to the right lane and when I signaled, that whole sequence of previous events ceased. I guess when I signaled the current fused the filament back together and it quit. All I can figure is that the filament was broken enough to cause the lamp out indicator to come on but not enough to kill it entirely.



If I hadn't looked real closely and seen that one of the filament holders inside the bulb was blackened, I would never have changed that bulb. Odds are it wouldn't have lasted much longer but that was still the culprit.



Good luck finding it.



Jeff

 

[Gary R. Reinwand]

This is not a mystery, but in stead a poor connection between the light bulb and the lamp holder. Rather common in the High Desert of CA. The fix is easy, just replace both driver and passenger rear 3-bulb holder and bulbs. Parts are not very expensive. My 03 experienced this issue at 110,000 mile mark.



Gary

 

[betterthanstock]

This is not a mystery, but in stead a poor connection between the light bulb and the lamp holder. Rather common in the High Desert of CA. The fix is easy, just replace both driver and passenger rear 3-bulb holder and bulbs. Parts are not very expensive. My 03 experienced this issue at 110,000 mile mark.



Gary

or just replace bulbs first