# 1999 Toyota Camry - Broken wires

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-broken-wires/145294>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota\
**Created:** [July 26, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-broken-wires/145294 "2019-07-26T16:32:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Don12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@Don12](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Don12)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-broken-wires/145294/1 "2019-07-26T16:32:14Z")

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The brake lights and backup lights on my 1999 Camry aren’t working. Researching this issue I found that a common issue is the wires breaking inside the corrugated tube that are by the trunk hinge. I opened up the tube and 3 of the 6 wires are broken. I cut a 1 foot length of copper wire for each broken wire, and connected them to the broken wires, being sure to connect white to white, etc. It didn’t work. What should I do now?

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-broken-wires/145294/2 "2019-07-26T16:36:42Z")

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Have you checked the fuse(s), May have shorted out when the wires broke.  
Check the wires with an multimeter.

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**Author:** ![Don12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@Don12](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Don12)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1999-toyota-camry-broken-wires/145294/3 "2019-07-26T20:52:45Z")

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Thank you for your reply. I can do that, but do you know where the fuse box is for those wires? There’s a few different fuse boxes on this car.

Regards,

Don