Originally Posted by soon2b_xfire
2006 base coupe replaced the driver side brake light bulb and it blew out the first time I stepped on the brake pedal.
First orginal bulb just brake light out.
Second bulb both brake and tail out.
Third bulb just brake light.
What is causing this problem?
Only thing I can think is a ground is out somewhere in some other system(s) above the brake lights and it is using the brake light path for a ground resulting in a lot more current going through the bulb. Did you do any rewiring lately? Thats about the only thing I can think. Does any other system or systems go out when that bulb blows? That would be a clue to where to look. If it only happened once I would replace the bulb and keep an eye out on it. You can get a bad bulb sometimes.