Can anyone help please. I have a 1992 Volvo 240 and my drivers side running tail light don't come one but when I push the brakes only the outside brake bulb lights up. When I put it in reverse it works. The passengers side all works and both tail lights have all brand new everything (bulbs and circuit board that comes with the tail ligh). Can anyone provide me with any knowledge, Please. Thank you

 

Welcome to the forum

Please don't post questions in "New Member". It's just a place to introduce yourself and your car.

Moved to 240 section.

 

when you put it in reverse, *what* works? did you just mean the reverse light worked, or all the other lights worked too?

 

Sorry about that, thank you. Happy to be here.

 

Did you reconnect all the wires that go to the panel correctly?

 

I put the ground wires on the screws on both sides and plug the connector to the tail lights is there more? And is there a panel somewhere else I have to look? Blue91SL

 

Mr. Pierce.
All the right tail light work. But on the drivers side nothing comes on except when I hit the brakes and that is only one bulb the bulb on the bottom facing the outside. Also when I put it in reverse the light do work and when I use the blinker that works to. The night running lights do not come on at all. I just bought brand new circuit board and bulbs for both sides.

 

so the left side brake light, turn signal, and reverse lights DO work, only the parking light doesn't work? have you checked all the fuses?

if I remember later, I'll look up the wiring diagrams for a 1992 240 and see what color wires are which bulb at hte connector, you can use a volt meter to verify there is voltage where it should be at the appropriate states.

 

ok, I'm assuming this is a sedan based on how you described the lights... wiring color codes from Volvo Greenbook TP31953-1, 1992 240 Wiring...

parking/running lights, red on the left, brown-white on the right, its the center lower bulb.

brake lights, yellow-grey on the left, yellow on the right

reverse, red-black on both sides

turn signals, blue-green on the left, blue on the right.

rear fog lamp, left only, diagram shows it as violet on one page, and white on another. one of them has to be wrong.

 

Mr. Pierce
I checked all the fuses under the drivers dash panel side they all look good. Is there other fuses to check for tail lights? And you are correct it is a sedan.

 

those ceramic fuses used on the 240's and other contemporaneous European cars (VW, Mercedes) are very problematic. I highly recommend replacing all of them with the brass/copper ones as sold by ipdusa and others (on ebay, search for 'mercedes w123 w124 copper fuses'). the silver tin ones originally used oxidize and can LOOK ok but fall apart when you remove them.

anyways, check the voltages at the wiring relative to ground. if there's volts, then the wiring is fine, and the problem is in hte lamp assembly. if there's no volts, then its going to be more complicated to troubleshoot