Another brake light question

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thebab
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Okay when I bought the car the driving lights were stuck on..so I searched and it turns out the brake switch grommet or whatever was missing.. so I put a bolt and a nut through there.

Now I have driving lights...blinkers..reverse lights but no brake lights. No brake like from the tails or the third brake light.

I checked fuses...looked at grounds and they seemed fine.

What should I check now?


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Two Fowty
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im not positive what you mean by that. Are you just saying your brake lights dont turn on when you press the brake pedal, but everything else works? also, wouldnt that mean your brake lights are always on.

if that is the case, you can buy a little rubber stopper and put it in there. or do the nut and bolt solution.

if you are saying your rear lights dont work at all, check the bulbs, and maybe the fuse. not sure if there is one for those?

thebab
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I press the brake pedal...and the brake light 2nd part of the bulb doesn't light up....

There is a nut/bolt there now...

I guess I'll goto Nissan and see if they got the rubber stopper in stock...cause right now EVERYTHING works cept my brake lights...

They are NOT on all the time...they just dont come on when I hit the brake.

My hazzards don't work either but that might be a separate issue... although both blinkers work individually.

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Two Fowty
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did you recently instal the bolt/nut piece for your brake light switch to work? if so, it might need adjusted, thats all.

have your brake lights worked since you installed the bolt/nut?

thebab
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Nope...when I bought the car the lights were on all the time...so I put the nut and bolt through it.

I think I might just buy the oem stopper from Nissan... it's only a few bucks right?

I'll run there tomorrow and see if that fixes my problem.

Hopefully it does...

Spent around $40 on new bulbs lol...all fuses good.

Ground is good....

Has to be it?

Would that have ANY effect at all on my hazzards?.... I'm guessing it's the actually hazzard button itself that's faulty... being that the fuses are good.

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RedSubdivisions
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adjust that nut and bolt. I guarantee that's it. it happened with me a while back and I just did it last week on my buddy's mom's Toyota.

maximaRIP
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my two cents but when my rubber piece broke off i use a couple of penny and glue them on,no problem ever, the funny thing i forgot it one day i go under to run a wire . look up and said what the fudge is this then i remember what i did...

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kokujo17
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Hmm. . . its sounds like you need to adjust it and that it. I set mine up to turn on when I rest rest my foot on it just a little so I can just roll to a stop and not be pulled over for it .


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