A few weeks ago the little "Rear Light" dummy light on the dash (the furthest one to the right) kept coming on when I had the lights on at night and I pressed on the brake pedal. It would come and go - but now it stays on all the time, and I found out that the two bulbs in that tail light are burned out (the low filimant only though - the brake light still works). What gives? I didn't find a fuse for the rear tail lights in the fuse box - so I guess the bulbs themselves kinda act like the fuse... or is there some obvious place I should look that could be causing this trouble?

Another question; what is that white box that kind of clips into the rear passenger side tail light with a wiring clip that goes into it at one end? When I shake it it sounds like there is broken matter inside... what the heck is this thing? In a previous life the car was crunched from the rear on that side... somehow I think that is behind this...


will replace one of the bulbs tomorrow and see what happens then...

thanks