Tail light bulb burnt out

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by hybred tom, Dec 6, 2010.

  1. hybred tom

    hybred tom Junior Member

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    on my 2004 with 118,000mi I had three bulbs burn out in tail light running light. any ideas why ?:confused:
     
    #1 hybred tom, Dec 6, 2010
  2. xpcman

    xpcman Senior Member

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    The gen II bulbs (168 bulbs) were too small and only last about 30,000 miles if you run with headlights on, as I do. I replaced mine with red LEDs bought on ebay. I used 5 led white on the front parking lights and 9 LED red on the back.
     
    #2 xpcman, Dec 6, 2010
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