Seems this taillight harness (tps25-52041-wh) is discontinued & one of the sockets has crapped out on me. Anyone know where to find one? Or are there other harnesses compatible with these TYC taillights?

Dealer & other shops can’t seem to figure out an easy fix other than completely replacing both taillight assemblies for -not affordable-. I’m finding 13 yrs down the road (‘06 Scion) these were a stupid upgrade via the dealer.

 

IIRC i used my OEM tail light harness for my TYCs, but its been years.

 

The same just happened with mine so I'm also on the hunt for this harness. I'm kicking myself for not holding onto my original tail lights. I'm wondering if it's possible to just replace the one socket. I'm going to mess with it some more and will come back with an update if I figure it out.

EDIT: UPDATE

I'm back. So, to verify that my problem was with the harness and not some other wiring, I swapped it with the harness on the other side. The problem followed, so the problem is something in the harness. When I removed the bulb, I noticed that one of the contacts is stuck sunken into the socket. Here's a pic:



Since other people have also had no luck finding the harness, I spent yesterday looking for a replacement socket. I found what looked to be a good replacement on Amazon for only $6.99 per pair here: . (Unfortunately, I must have purchased the last set as they're now out of stock. I have the extra so if anyone wants it I'm happy to mail it to them. Just PM me your mailing address. Or there are other brands, look for "1157 BAY15D"). I ordered it yesterday and it arrived this morning so I just swapped it out. I just removed the bad socket and soldered in the new one. It was pretty easy to match up:



Of course, I forgot the outer heat shrink tubing, but electrical tape will do.




It's raining now but I wanted to make sure it worked so I just popped it in to test. It works!



This is only the second time I've soldered so I'm glad it worked. I suppose a crimp style splice could have worked. I just want to make sure it doesn't come loose. I had trouble getting the tabs for securing the socket into the tail light to match up. They're definitely different. Since it's raining, I'll try again later. Worst case, I'll grab some gorilla tape or something. At 13 years and 347,000 miles, I'm just happy to get away with a $7 fix. My goal is to get two more years out of this thing before taking on a car payment again.

If you don't know how to solder, here are some helpful links:
Soldering is Easy Comic Book

Even easier would be these . I'll have to pick up a set for future projects.

I hope this helps someone!

Ron
RS3 #966

 

Which socket crapped out on yours? If it's the brake light, I can totally mail you the extra from the set that I just bought. If it's the turn signal or the reverse light, you'll want an 1156 BA15S socket rather than 1157. Those are also available on Amazon. Try to find one with tabs that match as close as possible to the one you're replacing. They're under $10 and pretty easy to swap.

 

This worked perfectly. We also could not find the complete harness and ordered the sockets from your link. They were available and arrived the next day.



Replaced both left and right brake light/taillight sockets as the originals were intermittent and heat damaged.

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I know this thread is old but I wanted to add my 2 cents. I have the same problem with my 2008 Yaris. The sunken pins are from the harness melting. The usual culprit is water seeping into the socket and shorting it out. I had to replace my driver side harness (52061) AND the gasket. I failed to do so at first, and burned up a new harness after it rained. I am having to replace the passenger side now. Hope this helps some.

 

Yes this is an old thread but really helpful! I'd already went down to salvage yard a pulled harnesses from a Scion. Thanks for mentioning the gasket! Now I know what caused the issue and I'll replace both sides and I'll buy the new light sockets just to have them...glove box bound! Thank you and stickboy3k!

 

I bought my car with these tail lights on it. I bought more harnesses at a wrecking yard. I noticed the plastic on all of the sockets are eroding and crumbling. I bought new ones for the brakes. However, I don't know which sockets to buy for the turn signal and the reverse light. Would you happen to know which sockets to buy for each of those lights?

 

I need the sockets for the reverse and rear signal lights. The plastic is eroding and they won't stay attached to the tail light assembly. Anyone know which to buy?

 

You do know there are a dozen ways to identify the bulb socket...look to see what socket your bulb uses based on the bulb type online, in the Owner's Manual, looking for places that sell LED replacement bulbs as they will tell you the bulb type, going to an auto parts store, literally a dozen ways.