Help - Backup Lights Gone Dead

[bc6t]

Battery goes dead during a tire fix/rotation (car left in N with lights on for 20 min.). I charge the battery - seams to be holding charge now for 1 week - drawing roughly 14.4 v on DIC. But....my white backup lights are both dead. It seams to coincide with the battery issue. I checked the trunk for water leaks - all is o.k. I could not find any fuses for these lights under the hood, either.

My next step is to buy 2 new bulbs - but I doubt that is the problem - they do not both go at the very same instant.

Any suggestions on anything I can do to solve problem? I plan to use a voltmeter on the sockets, but I am not sure exactly how to test for this though. Positive lead to center of socket and negative lead to car body?

Any help much appreciated.

Tom.

[67coupedeville]

Easiest thing is what you already said, just check it with another bulb. If it isn't a bulb problem, it could be a faulty switch in the shifter itself not making a connection to turn on the bulbs. Easiest thing is to try new bulbs.

Spence