electical gurus wanted

[quattEUro]

im having some issues with my reverse lights. the fuse keeps popping. ive gone through about 5 so far and it blows the seccond i throw it in reverse. wtf do i do?

[andyzzdae38]

you can start by pulling both housings out and looking at the wiring and wiring traces. you can pull both bulbs out and try it, if the fuse pops you know its not the bulb, if the fuse does pop, replace both reverse light bulbs.

[quattEUro]

wouldnt that do nothing anyway? is it wired in a series or something?

[andyzzdae38]

no its wired in parallel, if one goes out the other will stay on. I have seen many times when a bulb goes bad, the filament inside will short out and blow fuses.

[Audiophyle]

+1 on checking the bulbs.