Q: All lights on the trunk lid are out
All the lights on my trunk lid have gone out. None at all - no marker lights, no brake lights, nor backup lights. Using a test light, I ran a separate ground & touched to the bulb socket and it lit up. To run a new ground wire to all lights on the trunk (that is compatible to all), which wire do I tie into, or do I do something totally different to find a solution?
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