Re: Need your help! Brake lights not working.
Originally Posted by
Johnny24
Hey Guys,
Thanks for all of the responses. The top Led light is not coming on as well, so im thinking it can be the light bulbs are bad. It doesnt seem to be a fuse. I went into the fuse box on the inside of the car and pulled out fuse #2 which in the manual says, it controls "break lamp/speed control". I took the fuse to autozone to have them make sure fuse #2 was good and he assured me it was. Told me that it may be that all 3 light bulbs have died. He said when one goes sometimes it can trigger all of them. Then again he didnt know i had a crossfire and the top brake light are LED lights. Is this possible?
Since it doesnt seem to be the fuse, i may have to take this one in to the mechanic. Hell probably rip me off but what can i do? ��������
Are there any other fuses that would be involved with the brake lights, under the engine hood or inside. Just trying to make sure i checked everything before i go to the grim reaper me hanic in my neighborhood.
Thanks everyone.
Edit
I just looked at the time line and I guess you have not looked at the switch, the switch is at the top of the brake pedal or on the master cylinder.
If not the switch the problem probably lies in the brake lamp relay.
The brake lamp relay is what the post above is referring to, it is not a fuse. when the brake pedal is pushed you should feel this click. You need a helper or long arms to do this.
If the other relay beside it has the same part number you could possibly try the other relay and see if that solves the problem.
BRAKE LAMP RELAY
DESCRIPTION
The brake lamp relay is located in the underhood accessory fuse block in the engine compartment. The brake lamp
relay is a micro relay and is contained within a small, rectangular, molded plastic housing. All of the required inputs
and outputs are connected to 9 blades that extend from the bottom of the relay base.
OPERATION
The brake lamp relay uses a low current input from the illumination control module to control a high current output
to the brake lamps. When the relay coil is energized, an electromagnetic field is produced by the coil windings. The
field draws the moveable relay contact point away from the fixed normally open contact point and holds it against
the fixed normally closed contact point.
The brake lamp relay terminals are connected to the vehicle electrical system through a connector receptacle in the
underhood accessory fuse block.
REMOVAL
1. Disconnect the negative battery cable.
2. Remove the underhood accessory fuse block cover and
relay cover panel.
3. Pull upward on the brake lamp relay (1) and remove it from
the underhood accessory fuse block.
Last edited by onehundred80; Mar 13, 2014 at 08:24 PM.