No brake lights. Fuse good. Changed brake switch. Any ideas?
This was a recall
If your fuse is good and your b/light switch check if there is power on the switch press your pedal and test to see if the power is on the exit side of the switch , if so check your lamps or globes to see if you get power on them when depressing the brake pedal if there is power you can check globes if they are o.k make sure your earth conection is o.k
Does your high mount (third) brake light work? if it does then you probably have a wiring issue between the brake switch and the taillight assembly. follow the wires back from the taillights and see if you can find a splice block. with the car shut off (brake lights should work that way and it's safer to test things in a way that the car can't run you over while you do it) get somebody to depress the brake pedal and wiggle or tap on the splice block and see if lights come on. if they still won't then pull a bulb out and test for continuity between ground (pretty much any exposed chassis metal you can find, not through paint) and the part of socket that contacts base of bulb, that's ground side. if you have ground then test for 12 volts dc between power side of socket, part that contacts side of bulb, and ground. if you have two element bulb, like turn signals and brake lights in one bulb then you need to find 12 v in both places. should be easy in one place, you didn't say that your turn signals didn't work, will give you an idea what you need to do on brake side. hope that helps
SOURCE: 1998 mazda protoge no brake lights
you just have a bad connection in there or you got a bad ground have someone check that..
SOURCE: brake lights wont work.
try taking a wire brush to all the ground wire ports on your vehicule specialy the ones in the rear of the vehicule sometimes rusty ground wires make very bad connections. if so when you are done put some grease on them to avoid future rust. hope this coul help you.
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Did you check the bulb sockets?
I FOUND OUT WHY MINE STOPPED WORKING. sATURN L100 (2002).HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE BEFORE THEY GO NUTS BUYING FUSES AND BULBS..SATURN USES A THIN SHEET (REFLECTOR) AS A CONDUCTOR..IF YOU HOLD THE BRAKES TO LONG THE PLASTIC WELD THAT HOLD THAT SHEET (INSIDE THE LENSE)..THEY MELT..OVER TIME /BULB REMOVAL ETC..THAT SHEET GETS DEFORMED...WAT I DID WAS TAKE A HEATED NAIL AND POKED HOLES IN THE BULB HOUSING NEAR THE METAL CONNECTORS/CONTACTS THAT TOUCH THE BULB..STICK A WIRE TO THAT AND HARDWIRED TO THE MAIN ELECTRICAL FEED AND CUT THE FEED FROM GOING TO THAT THIN SHEET...BYPASS IT...IT TOOK ME ABOUT 2 HRS...SOLDER IF YOU CAN AND TAPE IT UP GOOD AND YOU SHOULD BE FINE...MIGHT WANT TO BUY SOME FUSES JUST IN CASE BEFORE YOU TRY IT. HA.
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