for a month ive been driving without any brake lights... my running light work tho...

today i looked under the dash, pulled up the carpet, rear molding, and rear next to the lights... i could not find the short, nothing visible or obvious from where i looked...

i wondering if any of you know of any common places for brake lights to short circuit...

any help would be helpful

the short could be in the switch box where u turn them on

i just took out my dash, and carpet and still no obvious wire to ground short...

so could the short be the switch itself?

Check brake light bulbs. Also look inside tail light area.

Are you using the correct light bulbs? And check all the bulb sockets

nos487 wrote:Check brake light bulbs. Also look inside tail light area.

the brake light bulbs are the same as when i bought the car...

hboninc19 wrote:Are you using the correct light bulbs? And check all the bulb sockets

usually if its the sockets the lights will be dim, but i looked at them anyway and nothing...

i has to be a wire hitting ground to make the fuse blow... is there a common place where this could happen...

at the pedal switch, that's where it usually happens. make sure the wires aren't melted together. and try swapping out the switch.

locoluna825 wrote:at the pedal switch, that's where it usually happens. make sure the wires aren't melted together. and try swapping out the switch.

ill look tomorrow... where is the switch located? i have the alldata diagram and it show s a connection after fuse and then the switch... or is the switch located where the pedal is?

if you worm up under the dash you'll see two switches if your car is equipped with a cruise control and a only one if yours is not. ittle be just above the brake pedal under there.

locoluna825 wrote:if you worm up under the dash you'll see two switches if your car is equipped with a cruise control and a only one if yours is not. ittle be just above the brake pedal under there.

ill take a better look at it, cuz if this isnt it i have no idea and am stumped on where the short is...

i had something like that happen in mine. We came to the conclusion it was blowing the fuse whn my hatch was shut so far. I couldn't figure out what it was but i dont blow fuses anymore after disconnecting my rear window defroster.

iandrew89 wrote:i had something like that happen in mine. We came to the conclusion it was blowing the fuse whn my hatch was shut so far. I couldn't figure out what it was but i dont blow fuses anymore after disconnecting my rear window defroster.

i just tried that... didnt work... im stumped... i think the short might be somewhere in the hatch door...

open your hatch and check the wires in near the roof. the ones in mine broke from being opened and closed so much

djmonkee wrote:open your hatch and check the wires in near the roof. the ones in mine broke from being opened and closed so much

before i went to bed last night i thought about that, my hatch brake light doesnt work anyways so im gunna disconnect that brake light where the passengers interior armrest is...

hopefully it works...