A brake bulb went out on my accord. I picked up some sylvania long life 1156 bulbs to replace the non working one. At this time the only bulb not working was the passenger side brake light(found through the trunk door) When I replaced the bulb I was surprised to see that not only did the new bulb not work, but that the dual filament bulb next to it also stopped working.... What should I be looking for? My wiring? Did I buy the wrong bulbs? The bulb terminal was somewhat corroded when I removed the old bulb.

 

the sockets may have gotten water in them due to a leak. you may be able to replace the tail light section of the harness, but you need to make sure you don't have a water leak first..

 

I thought the brake and tail light bulbs were dual filament 1157 on the CB7, they are on my 1993 SE at least.

 

I was wondering how an 1156 was being used as a brakelight (maybe for third light in the center) replace the 1157 and check again.

 

Clean the sockets using steel wool, make sure they're dry and replace the bulbs that aren't working.