2001 tail light assembly

Has anyone had issues with the tail/stop lights not making contact with the
assembly. I pat my break lights on and the tail light goes out. Is there
possible a recall on this?

Jim

Are you the one who posted on this previously? The old messages are gone
from my server so I can't check.

I had a similar problem on my '01 lw300 where the driver's side rear tail
lamp was flaky. I bent out the spring contact of the lamp holder slightly
and also carefully bent the stamped metal contact of the lamp housing to
make better contact. It's been fine since.

Don't try to insert or move the lamp holder with the power on. I caused a
short circuit when trying to insert the lamp holder and blew the fuse. Not
sure if this was also the cause of a failed body controller module.

Oppie

"Newsguy" > wrote in message
...
> Has anyone had issues with the tail/stop lights not making contact with
the
> assembly. I pat my break lights on and the tail light goes out. Is there
> possible a recall on this?
>
> Jim
>
>

Thanks Oppie;

I have tried to bend some of the contacts but no good. I ended up putting a
piece of paper under the edge of the frame to make it tighter. It seems to
work until the cops stop my wife. I'm getting edgy.
Gotta get this fixed.

Thanks
again
Jim


"Oppie" > wrote in message
s.com...
> Are you the one who posted on this previously? The old messages are gone
> from my server so I can't check.
>
> I had a similar problem on my '01 lw300 where the driver's side rear tail
> lamp was flaky. I bent out the spring contact of the lamp holder slightly
> and also carefully bent the stamped metal contact of the lamp housing to
> make better contact. It's been fine since.
>
> Don't try to insert or move the lamp holder with the power on. I caused a
> short circuit when trying to insert the lamp holder and blew the fuse. Not
> sure if this was also the cause of a failed body controller module.
>
> Oppie
>
> "Newsguy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Has anyone had issues with the tail/stop lights not making contact with
> the
> > assembly. I pat my break lights on and the tail light goes out. Is
there
> > possible a recall on this?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
>
>

> I have tried to bend some of the contacts but no good. I ended up putting a
> piece of paper under the edge of the frame to make it tighter. It seems to
> work until the cops stop my wife. I'm getting edgy.

Edgy because of the cops, or because of what your wife will do to you if
the cops pull her over?

lol
I like that one......


I went to Saturn parts department. I was told that year was the worst
design for taillights. The complete assembly was changed for 2002 (I
believe). The offending parts were German design (Opal) . Two new
assemblies to replace the old will cost about $110 each. What a bummer.
Saturn knew about this. When you get to the bottom line it really is a
safety violation.

Thanks for listening
Jim

"richard hornsby" > wrote in message
...
> > I have tried to bend some of the contacts but no good. I ended up
putting a
> > piece of paper under the edge of the frame to make it tighter. It seems
to
> > work until the cops stop my wife. I'm getting edgy.
>
> Edgy because of the cops, or because of what your wife will do to you if
> the cops pull her over?