Originally Posted by
bluegreenred
Hey Gang,
I literally joined this forum to hopefully get some advice from more experienced crossfire owners. Recently bought a ’04 Crossfire coupe with a bad driver side brake light. Had one when I was a younger. Best car ever.
Issue with the brake light seemed similar to some of the other posts on here. The running light works fine but when I press the brake pedal the brake light bulb goes from being on (from the running light) to not illuminating. This only happens on the driver side light. But the brake light actually will come on when pressing the brake pedal if the headlights aren’t on, just a bit dimly. The passenger side and third brake light all work fine.
Tried replacing the bulb a few times and even with different bulbs but no luck. Is this a bad ground issue?
Off the top of my head (careful, LOL) are you sure the bulb is in the socket correctly? Many have had problems with a bulb being in 180 degrees off (and even the wrong bulb!). Make sure the bulb replacement MATCHES the correct spec AND is inserted correctly. A ground 'might' be eliminated by making sure the correct wire is the ground AND simply providing that 'ground'. Get the correct coded wire from the forum provided link for the wiring diagram and research it. You have a 50/50 chance of 'guessing' but I don't like guessing when it comes to electrical stuff. Hope this helped! Good luck!
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