the back up lights I replaced the fuse and still no brake lights what else is wrong.
2007-06-09 13:50:23 · 10 answers · asked by Kevin J 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
disconnect the brake light switch. hint (its on the brake pedal up high) using a paper clip push the paper clip up in to each pins of the switch connector if the brake lights come on you now know your brake switch was shorted open.gl2u remember the boo switch is a normally closed switch.make sure to check both brake light bulbs and connectors first.you can usually tell if the bulbs are bad by a visual inspection of them.GL2U.
2007-06-09 14:13:00 · answer #1 · answered by believe me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is blowing fuses due to the lights in the rear of the vehicle, then the easy thing to do is; start at the rear of the vehicle, and work your way back to the switches, looking for shorts to ground in the wiring. As a thought, I have seen this before (believe it or not), and it turned out to be a shorted out turn signal control under the steering wheel. I could manually return the signal handle to the center, and it would be fine until I used the signal again, and bam! If all else fails, you can use a paper clip to make a jumper for the fuse, hold it inside a pair of vise-grips to where you can get it out fast. Now, plug it in until you see smoke. This may sound crazy, and by many standards it is, but it is also a sure way of finding a short. It will smoke at the point of the short, and it will burn the wiring some, but done right you can pinpoint the problem, and replace the wires it burns. I would make this my last resort, but it WILL find the short. Sometimes a short is impossible to locate, and the only way to find it is to do something drastic. I would try to locate it by using a meter, a test light, or a short finder, but sometimes none of these will do the job, and the old smoke test will do the work. You need a couple of buddies when you do this. One inside, one under the hood, and one under the vehicle. Put the jumper in, wait a few seconds for some smoke, and remove the jumper, and have the battery cable loose enough to jerk it off, if you can't (for some reason) get the jumper out. This does work, as I have fixed many vehicles that no one else could find the problem. They were in shock that I was able to locate the problem right away, and had it fixed within a couple of hours. Stupid yeah, practical yeah, dangerous maybe, but this IS a last resort option that will get to the short. You can always use a light to locate a short. Attach the positive side to a positive such as the battery, and get your ground from the hot side of the light circuit because its shorting and going to ground. When you move the wires around, and you hit the right spot, the light will go out and/or flicker. This is the most effective way to find a short. You must remove the fuses in order to keep power off the circuit while you do this, and the normally hot circuit that is going to ground will supply the light with a ground until you locate it. Some people use an old sealed beam headlight on the low beam side to do this, because it makes a light that is bright enough to see from any angle in the vehicle, and you will know when you find the short. As I said before, the light will go off and/or flicker when you wiggle the circuit that has the short. Glad to help you, Good Luck!!!
2016-04-01 13:14:49 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like whatever caused the fuse to blow is still causing a problem. I would backtrack from the bulb. If the emergency flasher are lighting the brake circuit within the bulb then the bulb and wiring are OK. Look for another blown fuse. Broken wire, bad brake light module (under dash - actuated by brake pedal).
2007-06-09 13:56:14 · answer #3 · answered by K R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly the brake light switch. you can get these at any parts store for around 15 to 20 bucks and easy to install. good luck...
2007-06-09 13:57:45 · answer #4 · answered by motormouth24_716 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the brake light switch
2007-06-09 14:09:43 · answer #5 · answered by Gordon S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try the switch located down by the brake pedal
2007-06-09 18:45:11 · answer #6 · answered by Adam M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the brake switch on the brake pedal. they go bad often.
2007-06-09 15:41:17 · answer #7 · answered by keith_19798@yahoo.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you checked for a blown bulb?
2007-06-09 13:54:31 · answer #8 · answered by Lover not a Fighter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably just blew the new fuse.
Short to frame.....?
2007-06-09 14:08:17 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
change bulbs or something
2007-06-09 14:01:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋