P1000 Brand new but no tail lights

[jzook3]

Hey first post here. Love the site. Purchase the high beam light bar and backup lights. Both work and look great. We bought the machine a few weeks ago and had OE roof, windshield and doors installed at the dealer.
I noticed a few days after I got it home that I have no tail lights. Break lights work and so do the headlights. I know I could take it back to the dealer but figured it’s something simple like a connector. Any ideas on where I should look? Overall we love the machine but not impressed with the quality checks to have a machine with no tail lights.

 

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[Hondasxs]

Hi,
Thats weird, Brake lights but no Tail lights you say.
Leads me to think it's a bent pin or something.

What year?
What Model? SE or LE?

There is a 6 pin connecter under the tailgate kinda centered. We need to take it apart and get a test light out and check to make sure the brown wire has power when the headlights are on. The brown wire is taillights.

Report back with what model so we can look at it more depending on what model.

Thanks.

 

[Hondasxs]

For NON SE and LE models.
We can check the connector in the next image.

For this "check" we can't just test the brown wire as before.
We have to check it PLUGGED IN.
Use a test light, one with a sharp point.
Turn on the headlights and check the brown wire for power.

If you don't have power here, then your switch is bad.

 

[Hondasxs]

This is a 4 pin black connector for the headlight switch.
Brown is taillights.
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[jzook3]

It is a 2021 1000-5 deluxe. It has OE windshield roof 4 soft doors along with the high beam light bar and auto reverse lights

 

[Remington]

We bought the machine a few weeks ago

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[bumperm]

It is a 2021 1000-5 deluxe. It has OE windshield roof 4 soft doors along with the high beam light bar and auto reverse lights

Reverse lights? As in white back-up lights?

My '21 SE came with rear red running and brake lights as one would expect . . . that's it on the hind end.

 

[jzook3]

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Reverse lights? As in white back-up lights?

My '21 SE came with rear red running and brake lights as one would expect . . . that's it on the hind end.

Yes I bought the auto reverse / backup lights from HondaSXS. And I will check out the connectors posted for voltage / bent pins.
To clarify the taillights / rear red running lights do not work but the break lights do turn on when you press the breaks.

 

[TripleB]

Yes I bought the auto reverse / backup lights from HondaSXS. And I will check out the connectors posted for voltage / bent pins.
To clarify the taillights / rear red running lights do not work but the break lights do turn on when you press the breaks.

Are your headlights on?

 

[jzook3]

Are your headlights on?

Yes. Headlights are on but no tail lights. Checked both high and low beam. I’ll check voltages tomorrow when I have another set of hands

 

[jzook3]

Yes. Headlights are on but no tail lights. Checked both high and low beam. I’ll check voltages tomorrow when I have another set of hands

Got my son to help. 12v on both brown wires in the 6 pin connector under the tailgate with the headlights on. 0v with it off.
Is it possible both taillights are bad? Or is there another connector in the actual taillight?

 

[Hondasxs]

Got my son to help. 12v on both brown wires in the 6 pin connector under the tailgate with the headlights on. 0v with it off.
Is it possible both taillights are bad? Or is there another connector in the actual taillight?

Ya, But weird both would be bad.

 

[Hondasxs]

Next, Pull the tail light off and test there.

 

[jzook3]

So I pulled the taillights and checked. Both had 12v on the taillight pin. I took it back to the dealer and they replaced both taillights under warranty. Odd that both were bad but must have been a bad batch from the factory. Thank you guys for all of your help.

 

[toddvdh]

That’s weird but I’ve seen whole boxes of light bulbs burnt out when I was an electrician.

Lots of service calls to fix a light, that the owner tried a new bulb but was burnt out brand new and thought power was out to that fixture.

Glad it was easy to fix.

 

[Hondasxs]

Yes, very odd.

 

[bumperm]

One relatively common way to get that type of failure is to wire the LED backwards, could be external or internal wiring or at the component level within the assembly. This typically doesn't damage the LED, it just won't function. Reverse the leads and it works (unless the assembly uses a LED driver rather than a simple current limiting resistor). In any case, strange the failure wasn't caught with a function check along the way and prior to delivery. On second thought, given some the dumb little mistakes I've found on my '21 SE, maybe not so surprising.

 

[Buckeye1000]

And NEVER, EVER, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, use a test light to poke a hole in any wire. Anyone who does this themselves or tells someone else to do it should be kicked squarely in the jewels. That is the quickest way to cause a wire to corrode in two right at that tiny little pinhole & they can be hard as he77 to find.

 

[Grieserj]

Just had the same issue happen on my 2021. Glad to see this thread and know I’m not crazy. Must have been a bad batch of taillights.

 

[Piper19p]

2021 1000-5, just turned 100 miles and one tail light has failed.