Whoever can fix this gets a sticker. I have tried everything I have read on numerous forums.

Problem: Brake lights do not work when pressed. Won't shift out of park. (unless bypassed by manual slot)

I have replaced every fuse
I have replaced every bulb
I have replaced the brake light switch twice and adjusted it a gazillion times
I have replaced the gear solenoid

I do not hear the infamous "click" when I press the brake and try to shift out of park...

So now i guess I'm looking at the wiring?

Where do I start? What do I need? What do I look for? What do I do?

Did I miss anything else before I attack the wiring?

Any help would be very much appreciated!

Who's going to get the sticker?

 

No one wants a golden star sticker?
I really don't want to take my car to the stealership...

 

Wow! Thanks for all your help! NOT!

If anyone is out there,

Okay the plot thickens...

The e-brake light comes on and stays on for a while then goes off while im driving. Sometimes it's on when I start the car and sometimes it's off. Sometimes it comes on while I'm driving and sometimes it doesn't.

There is an aftermarket alarm and remote start in this vehicle...

I know this remote start runs through the brakes because if I start the car with the remote and push the brakes before I insert and turn the key to the on position it will kill the car. To confuse you further, I can not start the car with the key. In other words, I have to use the remote to start the car.

I have owned the car for less than i year. When I purchased the car it was like this. Meaning I have never been able to start the car with the key, I have always needed the remote. However, the brake lights did work up until about 3months ago. (yes I have been driving around with no brake lights for three months) no one can help me!

I can live with having to start the car via remote for now. I just need brake lights! However, something tells me both problems are connected...

HELP me! Please help me!

If I take this thing to the stealership I will pay $100 just for them to look at it and I know they will be at a loss because I know it has to do with the aftermarket system...

I plan on taking the car into a place tomorrow that specializes in aftermarket alarms and remote starts.

Does any of this new info help?

 

You just answered your own question homie...have an aftermarket alarm system wired to the brake lights? Start from there obviously. Eliminate that possible problem first then take it from there.

 

Thanks, I took it to a place that specializes in alarms and remote starters. They fixed the issue of the key not being able to start the car but did not fix the brake light issue.

They said that there is power going to the brake switch but not coming out of it and I should take it to a mechanic...

 

Switch is fine there is power going in and power going out with brake depressed... But still no brake lights

 

Update...
I have brake lights and I can shift out of park! ! !
Although it wasn't the fix I was looking for it works for me...

Here is what I ended up doing..

I decided to just run a new power from my brake switch directly to my failure sensor in the trunk.
I tapped into the black/white wire right after it comes out of the switch and then ran it under my panels into the trunk and tapped into the black/white wire right before it enters the failure sensor.

Everything works perfectly!
I guess now I have to ask, what are some down sides of doing it this way and leaving the old power wire in place?

 

it might be ur brake sensor, its located right in the brake pedal, remove it and put another one, i guess its a 14

 

..Glad you got it fixed man!