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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 09:42 AM
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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
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 09:46 AM
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Default Re: BRAKE LIGHTS

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.
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 09:55 AM
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so there will be wires hook TO the brake pedal?
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 10:48 AM
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how can i check the switch?
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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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
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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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?
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 01:52 PM
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its on a 93 hatch

i dont have a volt meter to check it and do i jump the connector?
thanks man
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 01:58 PM
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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.
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 02:26 PM
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no luck

going nuts

its not a ground because the ground also goes to the blinks which turn right on
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 02:33 PM
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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.
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 02:39 PM
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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
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