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Brake lights not working

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FFeArXVI

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Mar 17, 2004
Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania
Well my friend noticed when he was behind me that my brake lights weren't working today. The turn signals work, turn on when I turn on my lights, and when I turn on my blinkers, but don't when I press the brake. Anyone have any ideas on this and how to fix it?

Also, but not that important, when I turn on my lights one doesn't light up, but does with the turn signals ect ect.
 
If its not a fuse its 99.9 % your brake light switch which is located on the brake pedal, same thing happened on my Accord a while back, easy fix and not expensive. The lighting issue sounds like a short somewhere , I would say loose ground but it shouldn't work at all if the case. hope this helps!
 
I would first check the fuse for your brake lights, then if that is not it, check the bulbs, all 6 of them. What I mean is this, the bulbs have two different elements in them, one for the parking lights and one for the brake lights. Every once in a while one of the elements burns out, and you can see it if you look close, the bulb has these two very small spring looking things (the elements) that produce the light. If one is burned out, the spring is broken in two. Hope this makes sense, but check those and the fuse and you should be good. :thumb:
 
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