maxpenmatt

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well the highmount brake light has never worked, but now ive got nothing. The reverse, LP, turn, and tails still work fine. Instinct tells me it must be the pedal switch, right? i glanced up under there quickly last night, but couldnt really see s##t. Any thoughts? Ive almost been rear-ended twice and need to get this fixed asap.

jasonk

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i know this will seem silly but when is the last time you checked the bulbs themselves, often the bright side of the filament will burn out, and it could be that you were cruising around on one side being out for a length of time, and the other side finally died on you.

If anything its the easiest to check

maxpenmatt

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I guess that info would have been helpful in my original post. Yes I put new bulbs in on one side... I'll try the other side today, maybe I just got a bad (new) bulb.

nikon

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Does cruise control shut off when you tap the brakes?? If not then that switch must be your problem....If not might wanna check your fuses.

SoCA04V

As odd as it sounds, I had both sides (bulbs) go bad on me at the same time. I went crazy trying to diagnose it, and it ended up being the bulbs themselves.

bamacaddy

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what's the deal with the 3rd brake on the CTS??? mine hasn't worked since I've had it and I've only seen one that does work on a gen 1 non-V...noone else around has a V

tony tone

i had my girl check for me the other day and my 3rd light isn't working either.

is that a regular bulb in there or are they LEDs?

bamacaddy

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It's LED's I believe...I know in the manual it says only to be serviced by dealer, we all know what that means $$$$

jasonk

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It is a neon based tube in the third brake light, and for that reason cannot just be swapped out. I believe they are still on a national back order, however if you look into the "other" site there is a company doing an LED swap for them run ya 250$ though

bamacaddy

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in that case I'll be running no 3rd brake light....hell I can't see it anyway and for the most part people are worried about catching me not rear ending me....bahahaaa, now i'm gonna get smacked n the *** on my lil road trip today....karma's a bitch

tony tone

$250 for a freaking light.

no thanks.

nikon

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^^ there was a diy for the 3rd light for pretty cheap...check in the base cts forum.

LAYGO

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Excellent diagnosis tip. Will be trying this in a bit.

(Yes, I know, necropost)

meatyCTS-V

$25 fix for the third brake light.

6 hours and a $25 strip of those ricer LED light strips from Autozone/Discount Auto, etc.

-meaty