How to replace brake light bulb 1998 chevy prizm

You are saying that when you apply the brake pedal the left works the right goes off if so you have a feed back proble. The ground wire to the right side is not getting a good ground, so go the bulb on right follow the black wire to the ground make sure it is grouned this is common if thhis does not correct it recheck your work t is a feed back Good Luck

If after checking the bulbs are ok then the fuses could be suspect!

OK try this, push and hold brake then push on the hazard switch if brake lights come on then replace the turn signal switch.

check the circuit board. This is the strip that holds your light bulbs and has two screws holding it to the tail light lens. they do go out i just replaced both of mine.

bad ground

I had the same problem! I used a piece of wood to keep the break pedal depressed and then started to remove one of the break lamps and to my surprise it came on! Same thing on the other side. So I did not seat (bottom out) the lamps in their sockets and both break light are now working properly. I had a similar issue last spring but that time only one light was out. I put in a new bulb and it still did not work so I messed around with it a little more and it started working. Never did figure it out until now. Hope this helps!

Yes. Look on the brake pedal lever under the dask. When the brake pedal is pressed the switch is engaged. This is easy enough to replace. If you see two switches, the other one is probably a switch to disable the cruise control.

2004 Rx8 kept blowing 15amp brake light fuse. Solution: wire going to rear lights was worn and frayed where it feeds through the left trunk lip on left side of trunk. This can be seen when you open the trunk lid. The wire routes by the trunk lid hinge. If the support connectors come loose, the wires are crunched by the hinge or lid. Re-splice, insulate, zip-tie, replace fuse and replace any blown bulbs.

You need to replace this:

it was the brake hazzard ligt switch in the steering colum