Help im new here having break light problems.

[rudolphthered]

Hello recently i got a 90 nissan 240sx and i have been having problems with it since. well the other day i got pulled over and told my breaklights are out. err.. well anyways so , when i turn my lights on the taillights and breaks light up but when i crank the car only the turn lights work. i found a plug up the break pedal so i plugged it up. success they work. but oh wait another problem.. i cut the car off and they are still on. i unplug it and they go off. what is the problem now? please help me!

[rudolphthered]

oh btw i checked fuses and they are good and i just replaced the bulbs, if that help any.

[thornberry]

wow im having the same problem. well good luck, hope you get it fixed

[s13dude.]

I am having the same problem too.I was told to replace the brake pedal sensor oh and btw do your back turn signals?

[thornberry]

one guy i talked to said something about taping 2 pennies to a sensor above the pedal or something like that (if you were asking me about the turn signals then no they dont work)

[Klits562]

Check to see if the wiring on the light assembly is good no damaged wires or anything like that. If you can put your light assembly into a friends 240 and see if they work if not then you need new assemblies

[rudolphthered]

Modified by rudolphthered at 10:46 PM 9/18/2009

[the converted]

.......or you could just tell us?

[rudolphthered]

okay heres what i have found out, up the break pedal theres your stoplight switch you may not have to replace it . where it is plugged in behind it should be a little rubber or plastic plug that goes into the hole from the back. if you do not have one which i didnt. the nissan dealership should have some. cost me about 3bucks for 1. it will be kinda hard to get it in the hole it was for me.. also on stoplight switch you will have to adjust it so it holds the button on the switch down when your foot is not on the break. its backwards but anyways, hope that helps !

[s13dude.]

Do they have them in stock? or u have to wait a certain amount of time?

[rudolphthered]

they have them in stock so no wait time

[s13dude.]

Cool ima go check it out

[locoluna825]

just recently had the same problem whit my friends 1990, and i fixed it for him. his brake lights would stay on so long either it would kill the battery or the fuse would blow.

anyways, someone unplugged his pedal switch,(previous owner cough* cough*) i went ahead and plugged it back in the break lights just stayed on...I replaced his foot pedal switch. nothing happened still did the same thing. i thought maybe the plate on the back wasnt touching the sensor all the way so i pressed it down all the way with my finger while he watched to see if his lights would go off.

I noticed the small rubber thing that belong on the plate that presses the button down was gone. But why would the lights still stay on even when i pressed it with my finger???I went ahead and replaced off another 240 i had in my back yard and then I came up with something in my head, maybe it came off on the previous owner. stayed on so long that either it blew a fuse or melted a bunch of wires together causing it to connect and keeping the lights on then blew fuse.

We tore his back hatch interior apart and probed around with a test light and i found the brake light wire. followed it past his back seat then tore apart his driver side interior following the wire to the driver side kick panel fuse box. i found nothing wrong with the wiring.???????????

ready to give up i was ready to splice the wire and just run it pack to the pedal switch bypassing anything i couldn't get to in the or behind the fuse box. I was ready to nip the wires at the switch when i noticed something, the two wires coming from the switched looked smashed together... so i grabbed each one and starter pealing them away form each other. THEY WERE MELTED TOGETHER!!! HA! and were causing it to connect the circuit right before and thus bypassing the switch. I found it! i fixed the melted area hooked it all back up and the brake lights were working like they were supposed now.

I was very satisfied figuring out my problem:uhhuh and my friend was happy about his lights working now.

sorry for the very long story.