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I have a 2000 Venture. Recently, I began having trouble with the rear tail lights...all of them...signal, brake, & reverse lights. I removed the left tail light lens, then unclipped the long "socket strip". All the bulbs appeared good (no broken filaments) & the individual sockets looked good too (no signs of corrosion). Then I unplugged the socket strip from the wiring & looked at the plug & socket...I found signs of scorching/melted plastic around the ground pin (one of the center pins) & around the corresponding hole in the plug.
What I did was carefully gouge out the melted plastic, then I used a small piece of folded fine grit sandpaper to clean the blackened pin. I used a hot-melt glue gun to fill the area that I'd gouged out...the glue acted as "filler" & helped support the pin. Then I did a similar repair to that corresponding hole in the plug. I plugged it in & tried the signals...they worked! I tried the brakes...they lit up too! Tried the reverse lights...success! woohoo!
But it doesn't end here...lol! I found that if I applied the brakes when using the right signal, it caused the signal to flash very quickly, but this didn't happen when using the left signal (the one I repaired). So I removed the right tail light lens & found the exact same scorching around the ground pin. I made the same repair as above & now everything's working as it should!
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