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Did a quick and dirty fix for friend's 2008 mazda5, exact same thing. Didn't feel like crimping/soldering the leads so waited for 12v screw on connectors to come in from china :)

The strip is flexible with nice thick waterproofing, so I just inserted it in with the lights facing out and chaulked the soldered end in place at same time plugging up the hole. It snaked in there surprising well, I was also thinking how to keep it in place but it just snaked in there and...

All I did was shake all the stuff out of the hole I drilled :)

I hope I'm allowed to post links, here it is: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01KRL88LO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 What I like is these were already the *perfect* length with connected bare wire ends; exactly long enough and not too long to fit inside the assembly. I didn't...

For fun I contacted some junk yards. This is what I asked when I was quoted ~$100: a) can you verify that the light actually works? all the LEDs inside mine are broken up rattling inside, totally doesn't work b) can you verify the connector on the light assembly is not corroded through like...

Hi, I have same issue with my 2008 mazda 5 3rd brake light. Not liking everytime there's an issue, no choice but to buy expensive mazda parts, can't even change a bulb, need to buy whole assembly, built in obsolence. No more mazdas for me. Ok got that out of my system :) For mine, like the...

Hi all, this thread was quite useful because I just had this exact same problem. I read this thread probably over a dozen times in the past few weeks trying to diagnose this with my mechanic. It was unclear to me from this thread whether the TCM replacement or tranny rebuild actually fixed the...