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Post by donnie1don on Aug 9, 2009 5:55:26 GMT -6
this morning i had a relative follow me home. they called me on the cell to tell me you have no brake lights. later while sitting in the driveway i back the car toward the garage door and pressed the brake. no brake lights. now my rear lights work during night driving, but no brake lights.
BTW: 01 aurora 3.5
does anyone have a idea?
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Post by tinner73 on Aug 9, 2009 7:27:44 GMT -6
brake light switch........down by the brake pedal?...
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Post by Marc on Aug 9, 2009 9:59:23 GMT -6
The switch is on the bracket that holds the brake pedal. Remove it by turning it left & pulling it out. Then disconnect the wiring. Installing is the reverse of removal.
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Post by cbburtraw on Aug 9, 2009 17:44:06 GMT -6
check all your fuses. this happened on my dad's truck.
If your brake switch was malfunctioning, then you shouldn't be able to shift out of park (unless thats not working either). The owner's manual even says what to do in this case as it was a possibility (shift into neutral with key "off" then start and shift into gear. with key off there is no brake shift interlock).
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Post by donnie1don on Aug 16, 2009 8:13:13 GMT -6
any possible ideas regarding the brake lights anyone? (01 aurora 3.6)
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Post by killroypete on Aug 17, 2009 3:18:19 GMT -6
Sounds silly, it happened to me once with a previous car: the brake lights would work 1 out of 5 times. (brother following me)The culprit : the female connector was not tight anymore on the spade, + the surface corrosion made a bad connection. After a few tries, I squeezed (a little) the connector, made it hard to connect, but It fixed it. Cost:0$ ;D You have to crawl under the dash, only annoying part.
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Post by jc on Aug 17, 2009 16:26:28 GMT -6
I am having a similar problem. My fuse keeps blowing for my brake lights. It is located under the back seat. Any ideas?
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Post by Hurricane87 on Sept 30, 2015 9:09:28 GMT -6
How about this one? CHMSL and left brake lights work, right side doesn't. It can't be the brake switch, and the bulbs on the right side are fine. ANy ideas?
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Post by sall on Sept 30, 2015 9:39:32 GMT -6
Have you checked the fuses? Also, did you pull the bulbs and inspect/test both filaments. The high filaments could be burned in both bulbs. It's not likely but possible.
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Post by Hurricane87 on Sept 30, 2015 11:56:45 GMT -6
The only fuse I can find in the manual seems to be for the CHMSL, and it's fine. All filaments look fine. Any other ideas?
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Post by sall on Sept 30, 2015 12:18:23 GMT -6
Pull the bulbs out. Take a multi-meter and probe for voltage when the brakes are pressed.
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Post by tigger on Sept 30, 2015 13:43:02 GMT -6
CHMSL and left brake lights work, right side doesn't. It can't be the brake switch, and the bulbs on the right side are fine. Check the ground for the right side, it's separate from CHMSL/left side ground.
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Post by Hurricane87 on Oct 1, 2015 10:36:30 GMT -6
Weird, and good to know for the future.
It turns out it was the bulbs, even though the filaments are intact. Since I had the whole thing taken apart anyway, I swapped the bulbs and voila!
Thanks for your help.
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Post by Hurricane87 on Oct 1, 2015 10:37:52 GMT -6
Also, is that saying the ground wire for the CHMSL/left side is WHITE? Even more bizarre.
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Post by wfooshee on Oct 1, 2015 21:24:32 GMT -6
You can't necessarily tell a good filament or fuse by looking at it. Yes, most of the time they are obviously blown when blown, but I can't tell you you how many people have sworn they were good until put an ohmmeter across them and had infinite ohms.
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Post by tigger on Oct 2, 2015 23:42:38 GMT -6
Weird, and good to know for the future. It turns out it was the bulbs, even though the filaments are intact. Since I had the whole thing taken apart anyway, I swapped the bulbs and voila! Thanks for your help. Isn't that always the way it goes? Glad you ran it down...
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