Brake lights dont work
Brake lights dont work I just found out that my brake lights dont work but the strange thing is that they light up when I turn on the head lights for night driving but they dont light up when I hit the brake pedal except for the brake lights on the spoiler, they work fine (are they on a different system then the main ones?). I checked all the fuses and they look ok, im going to look into it more today. Any ideas?
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Jacksonville, FL (originally from Toronto Canada)
The brake lights and the running lights are on two separate circuits. Each of the bulbs has two filaments - a dim one for running lights and a bright one for brake lights and (in your model year) turn signals. Do you turn signals work? If so then the problem is not with the bulbs or most of the wiring. It could be the brake wiring right near the switch or it could be the turn signal switch. (The turn signal switch has to pass brake light power to the brake lights except for the 3rd brake light.)
