On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 23:20:28 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
RickyC wrote:
The other day I bought a 1997 Nissan Primera. The battery was dead
when I bought it. Today, I replaced the battery. Now everything works
fine acxept for the tail lights which don't come on when the headlight
switch is turned on. The tail light bulbs are perfectly OK (all
filaments light up when fed with 12 volts). I also checked the two
tail light fuses. Neither of them is blown. So the fault must be
somewhere else. Anyone suggest where it might logically be?

Weird having two tail light fuses.

Have you checked the inputs to the fuses?

No, but will try and check that tomorrow. If I can figure out which
side of the two fuses are the input.

Do other lights on the rear clusters work - this should prove the returns
(grounds)

Thanks for your help. Yes, the brake lights (second filament in the
same tail light bulbs) work fine. So do the indicators (the only other
bulbs back there).

Does it have parking lights where the indicator switch selects right or
left sidelights with the ignition switched off?

I'm not sure. Why do you ask?

RickyC