Short in left rear daytime running light

Hey all,

So, about a two months ago, when I would put on my left turn signal, It would go at twice the rate as normal, so I figured it must have been a blown turn signal bulb...but it was not. It was the rear daytime running bulb. So my first question is; Why does my turn signal go 2x as fast when the daytime on the rear is burnt out?

Second, I tried changing the bulb and that worked for about two weeks and than the bulb blew again. Now, as soon as I change it, the bulb blows. I have a short somewhere. I tried to trace the wire as far as I could without pulling out the carpet... made it about 3 ft and than it became to much work for that day. I would rather run a new wire from the source than try and trace it to find the break. Where should I tap into, so I get the daytime running on the left rear, but also draw on the power so that my left turn signal stops flashing at 2x speed?

Thanks

"I figured it must have been a blown turn signal bulb...but it was not."

...

"I tried changing the bulb and that worked for about two weeks and than the bulb blew again"

I'm confused, was the first instance a blown bulb or not?

Fast blinking is likely from a bad ground. I recently had to pry out the ground (metal sides) of a rear tail light socket on the wife's car after hers was doing the rapid blinking routine (I'd already pried up the positive contact, and while that last a little while it was not what was the real issue- it only worked because by reinserting the bulb I'd reestablished the existing flaky ground).

If you're blowing bulbs then you have a short, and you're going to have to track it down.

there is no rear daytime running light. the only daytime running lights on a stock 2004 canadian jetta should be the headlights at about 95% brightness. unless u or a previous owner has changed somthing


i know the centre high mount stop lamp will sometimes light up dimm all the time if both your brake lamps are burnt out.

Yeah, I just ignored/dismissed the "rear daytime running light" and figured it was an issue of just the tail lights being on (with the switch).

My right side rear tail and front parking lights were both out due to a blown fuse #22, the mini 5amp. The front and rear are on the same circuit. The culprit was in the rear module or assembly that holds all the bulbs. There was corrosion surrounding the tail bulb socket which I wire brushed off and sprayed with DeOxit as the cure. The top brake LED bulb also showed signs of moisture damage; so I replaced it.