Mustang V6 2006 tail lights draining the battery HELP :)

voshin · 10-14-2008

Folks, I turned my Mustang off but the tail lights stay on, what should I do? When the battery drains? In my time zone garages open in 9 hrs from now...
Please help

**pcfrisch** · 10-14-2008

Are they the brake lights or the regular lights? does the third brake light stay on?
Instead of letting the battery drain, I would disconnect it until you can troubleshoot it.

voshin · 10-14-2008

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Are they the brake lights or the regular lights? does the third brake light stay on?
Instead of letting the battery drain, I would disconnect it until you can troubleshoot it.

these are the two external red lights (the third one closest to the midline is off)
which electrode in the battery should I disconnect

**pcfrisch** · 10-14-2008

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these are the two external red lights (the third one closest to the midline is off)
which electrode in the battery should I disconnect

The negative. So the third brake light in the center is off?
You can't turn them off from the inside switch?

voshin · 10-14-2008

Maybe I am doing sth wrong. I've just bought it. I have not done anything extraordinary when driving today, I just put the lights on and that is it. I have not gone through the whole manual yet. What can I try to do? Is there 'a switch'?

**stlwagon** · 10-14-2008

Has the car been exposed to a lot of rain recently? Do you have any water on the passenger side foot well?

**pcfrisch** · 10-14-2008

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Originally Posted by voshin

Maybe I am doing sth wrong. I've just bought it. I have not done anything extraordinary when driving today, I just put the lights on and that is it. I have not gone through the whole manual yet. What can I try to do? Is there 'a switch'?

There is a headlight/foglight switch. The one you used to turn them on in the first place.

**pcfrisch** · 10-14-2008

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Originally Posted by stlwagon

Has the car been exposed to a lot of rain recently? Do you have any water on the passenger side foot well?

Are you thinking the smart junction box?

**stlwagon** · 10-14-2008

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Are you thinking the smart junction box?

It's a possibility though I''ll have to check to see what lights are controlled from there.

voshin · 10-14-2008

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There is a headlight/foglight switch. The one you used to turn them on in the first place.

Actually I tried to put the anti-fog back lights on, but I think I failed to do so. Shall I try to reverse it? Do all Mustangs have anti fogs?

voshin · 10-14-2008

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Originally Posted by stlwagon

Has the car been exposed to a lot of rain recently? Do you have any water on the passenger side foot well?

no, no rain and no water in the passenger side foot well

**stlwagon** · 10-14-2008

F2.15 is a 10 amp fuse supporting the stop lights so I suppose it could be the SJB.

**stlwagon** · 10-14-2008

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no, no rain and no water in the passenger side foot well

Ok... other possibility would be a short or a ground problem somewhere.

**pcfrisch** · 10-14-2008

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Originally Posted by stlwagon

F2.15 is a 10 amp fuse supporting the stop lights so I suppose it could be the SJB.

It looks like all the lights are controlled through the SJB.

voshin · 10-14-2008

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Originally Posted by pcfrisch

There is a headlight/foglight switch. The one you used to turn them on in the first place.

can the antifogs stay on when the engine is off?