Brake Lights wont work

[anditfeelsgold]

I own a 1990 240sx hatchback.

Today, after I redid the rubber around my tail lights to stop the flooding in my trunk, I noticed the brake lights no long worked after I re-installed them.

The running lights work, the reverse lights work, and the rear blinkers, but the brake lights don't come on when I hit the brakes.

The center light also doesn't light up when i hit the brakes.

All the lights work fine, the brake lights come on dim when i turn on the headlights like they're supposed to, but when I hit the brakes they don't get brighter.

I've messed with the brake switch on the brake pedal just to see if it was malfunctioning, and it works fine.

I've noticed there are 3 wires running to each brakelight, one black, one red with blue, and one red with green, so i'm assuming one of them controls the brake lights to get brighter, and light the other filament inside the bulb.

I'm stuck on ideas for the moment.

They worked fine before i took them out, and all of the fuses look good

[driftingmy240sx]

how do the pins in the bulb sockets look? i have seen them colapse and cause similare problems. the fact that the 3rd brake light doesnt work suggests the brake switch is the real problem. try gettting a tes light and pinning the red/green and red/blue wires, the test light should light on one with the headlamps on and the other when pressing the brake pedal. if neither light the testlight with the brake pedal depressed, you will need to test the brake switch.

[leonelrr]

Bringing this thread to life, did you fix the problem?I am having the same problem except my brake lights work fine, when my lights are off.But when i have them on, only the right brake lights come on..

Tomorrow i am going to check fuses, my pedal switch, light switch umm thing.. I feel dumb i forgot how is called..