Tail light license plate light not working but brake light work.

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Old Oct 14, 2019 | 10:02 AM
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Tail light license plate light not working but brake light work.

Hello, I have a rdx 2014, my brake light work but when I turn on the light at night the tail light and licence plate light none of them are on, brake light and signal light all of them work. Anyone had this problem before?
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Old Oct 14, 2019 | 10:29 AM
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Sounds like you blew a fuse. Did you just happen to try to install LED bulbs in there (potentially in the license plate) recently?
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Old Oct 14, 2019 | 10:40 AM
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I didnt install or replace any led or standard bulb recently. If it was the fuse I have no idea which number fuse it will be.
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Old Oct 14, 2019 | 10:45 AM
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Should be #34 (Small Lights) fuse or perhaps #35
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Old Oct 14, 2019 | 11:15 AM
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I am going to try it once I get home from work. What kind of fuse will that be? So I can pick some up on my way home
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Old Oct 14, 2019 | 12:34 PM
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If the wiring is the same for your 2014 as it is for my 2017, fuse 34 protects the tail lights, the brake lights, and the license plate lights in the rear, and also protects the front marker and turn signal lights. So based on your described symptoms it seems like something other than fuse 34 is wrong.
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Old Oct 14, 2019 | 06:51 PM
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Look like is the 34 fuse have blow have to get fuse tomorrow morning to find out if that really is the one.
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Old Oct 14, 2019 | 07:32 PM
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you should have extra aka 'spare' fuses in the under hood box for situation just like this
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Old Oct 15, 2019 | 11:28 AM
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Just got it done. It is fuse #34. Thank you for helping.
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Old Oct 27, 2020 | 08:23 AM
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LED bulbs❗️

Originally Posted by thoiboi
Sounds like you blew a fuse. Did you just happen to try to install LED bulbs in there (potentially in the license plate) recently?
Yes, I recently installed LED bulbs which didn’t work. So, I put the regular halogen bulbs back in and now I have no tail lights or license plate lights. Checked fuse and it is good. Why are you asking about recent install of LED bulbs?
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Old Oct 27, 2020 | 11:36 AM
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Yes, I recently installed LED bulbs which didn’t work. So, I put the regular halogen bulbs back in and now I have no tail lights or license plate lights. Checked fuse and it is good. Why are you asking about recent install of LED bulbs?
Sometimes when you put in LEDs it can blow a fuse. It happened on my old pickup truck when I tried to put in LED assemblies. I ended up blowing a fuse and panicking for a bit. One fuse later and I stuck with halogen bulbs after that.
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Old Oct 27, 2020 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Alex Medeiros
Sometimes when you put in LEDs it can blow a fuse. It happened on my old pickup truck when I tried to put in LED assemblies. I ended up blowing a fuse and panicking for a bit. One fuse later and I stuck with halogen bulbs after that.
Thank you for your reply. I have checked and all fuses are good Including the one labeled “small” which protects the lights that are not working
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Old Oct 27, 2020 | 12:21 PM
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Thank you for your reply. I have checked and all fuses are good Including the one labeled “small” which protects the lights that are not working
Have you tested the wiring that connects to the bulbs with a power probe? There might be no power running to the bulbs.
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Old Oct 31, 2020 | 09:12 PM
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How are you determining the fuse is good? Just looking at it is not enough. An ohm meter or continuity meter or replacement with a known good fuse is the only way. Bad fuses can look good.
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