need help: brake lights don't work!
06-10-2003, 12:37 PM
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need help: brake lights don't work!
Recently I put on the 97-99 trunk lid and mount a custom third brake light using the LED off my factory spoiler that was on the 96 trunk lid. Anyway, after all the wiring, the brake lights worked fine. However, today I noticed it's not working. I checked all the fuses and none of them were burnt. I thought that it might have something to do with the LED, so I disconnected it, but the brake lights still didn't work. The bulbs are fine too because they turn on when the lights are turn on. Any ideas? I don't want to get pull over for having no brake lights.
06-10-2003, 05:01 PM
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Originally posted by njmaxseltd
Check the switch on the brake pedal.
Check the switch on the brake pedal.
Switch? Where is it? I don't really see a switch on the pedal itself. I checked down there around the brake pedal, didn't find anything out of the ordinary.
06-10-2003, 05:29 PM
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Ramius: yes, already checked that. Btw, finally put your trunk lid on. Glad that I kept it, looking good. Not perfect, but good enough. 
For whatever reason, it's working now. I got nobody to help me out, so I used a brick for assistance. I placed the brick on the brake pedal and went to the to check to see if the lights are working. It worked. Then I took the brick out to check out whatever switch njmaxseltd was talking about. I placed the brick back onto the brake pedal and got back to check again. Lights were off! I said to myself, "not again!". After a couple of seconds, the lights came back on. WTH? I rechecked a few more times and it seem to be working now. What's going on?
For whatever reason, it's working now. I got nobody to help me out, so I used a brick for assistance. I placed the brick on the brake pedal and went to the to check to see if the lights are working. It worked. Then I took the brick out to check out whatever switch njmaxseltd was talking about. I placed the brick back onto the brake pedal and got back to check again. Lights were off! I said to myself, "not again!". After a couple of seconds, the lights came back on. WTH? I rechecked a few more times and it seem to be working now. What's going on?
06-10-2003, 05:46 PM
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I didn't rewire anything. But after I put my Led's in the brake lights, they were flickering, I think bc the led's require more voltage than stock? but then when I put my stock's back in, they would flicker too! Now the new LED's I bought work fine and don't flicker, but that was a mystery to me, and seems somewhat similar to you...
06-10-2003, 07:03 PM
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Originally posted by Cumalot
Ramius: yes, already checked that. Btw, finally put your trunk lid on. Glad that I kept it, looking good. Not perfect, but good enough.
Ramius: yes, already checked that. Btw, finally put your trunk lid on. Glad that I kept it, looking good. Not perfect, but good enough.
BTW, sorry to ***** up your thread.
06-10-2003, 07:11 PM
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Originally posted by JerseyMaxima
I didn't rewire anything. But after I put my Led's in the brake lights, they were flickering, I think bc the led's require more voltage than stock? but then when I put my stock's back in, they would flicker too! Now the new LED's I bought work fine and don't flicker, but that was a mystery to me, and seems somewhat similar to you...
I didn't rewire anything. But after I put my Led's in the brake lights, they were flickering, I think bc the led's require more voltage than stock? but then when I put my stock's back in, they would flicker too! Now the new LED's I bought work fine and don't flicker, but that was a mystery to me, and seems somewhat similar to you...
I thought about that. I already put in higher amp fuses just in case.
06-11-2003, 04:45 PM
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I think I might have found out what went wrong. When I spliced the wires and put electrical tape on them, I didn't do a good job at it. A few of the wires were exposed and I guess they touch each other causing the lights to not come on. I retaped them, this time doing a better job making sure no wires were exposed. I'm such a 
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