brake lights and side lights working together?

It turned out to be cheap bulbs and the elements were crossed over.
Thanks everone

sean
August 2009

when you check the bulbs make sure they are in the correct way wround .the bulbs have stagered pins and sometimes people put them in the wrong way round.

amigo
August 2009

Thanks John, I'll give it ago now.

Sean

sean
August 2009

Assuming that the correct bulbs have been fitted, this will indeed be an earth fault. Extract the bulb holder and study the connections...each bulb outer housing where it is plugged in will be connected together, and this will eventually go into the wiring loom and be connected to the cars bodyshell. Its this wire or connection that is the earth, and it could be worth while using a new length of wire to sort this.

John
August 2009