erikwithak

i have tail lights but no break lights?!??!!?!?

checked main fuse and its fine


anyone have any ideas

PLEASE HELP SO CLOSE TO BEING DONE

boostB4beauty

possibly your brake switch which is located at your brake pedal linkage.
check to see if you have power on one wire, and when you apply the brakes, that you have power going through to the other wire.

erikwithak

so there will be wires hook TO the brake pedal?

erikwithak

how can i check the switch?

erikwithak

ok so went outside the switch isnt stuck it comes out when i push the pedal in. i have tail lights and i have license plate lights so the fuses are good what else could cause this

SOMEONE PLEASE

ive looked on other threads and well ive checked all those things

please please please please please please please

Former User

What year?

You can't necessarily tell whether the switch is bad by looking at it. If you unplug the switch connector and jump the connector with a wire, do the brakes now turn on? Does the brake light fuse under the hood have battery voltage? Is the black brake light ground wire in the rear broken?

erikwithak

its on a 93 hatch

i dont have a volt meter to check it and do i jump the connector?
thanks man

Former User

Yes, jump the brake switch connector and then look for whether the brake lights turn on. If so, check the connector for damage or replace the switch. A cheap test light would also work.

erikwithak

no luck

going nuts

its not a ground because the ground also goes to the blinks which turn right on

Former User

Time to get a basic digital multimeter ($15-$20). By the way, the brake lights share a ground wire with the back up lights not the turn signals.

erikwithak

well i do know that i dont have back up ights either... sounds like a bad ground WIPPIE


about to try some grounds on the frame