I would next go under the truck at the rear and visually check the bundle of wires there. The yellow and green will be the signals...check each with a test light. The white will be the ground. The brown will be the tail and brake...test each with the test light. If you cant find the power on each go toward the front end of the truck checking. If you have a trailor hitch wire test the plug. Sometimes the plug shorts. This is some of the problem areas. Sometimes it is real nasty finding the problem.
I would next go under the truck at the rear and visually check the bundle of wires there. The yellow and green will be the signals...check each with a test light. The white will be the ground. The brown will be the tail and brake...test each with the test light. If you cant find the power on each go toward the front end of the truck checking. If you have a trailor hitch wire test the plug. Sometimes the plug shorts. This is some of the problem areas. Sometimes it is real nasty finding the problem.
I would next go under the truck at the rear and visually check the bundle of wires there. The yellow and green will be the signals...check each with a test light. The white will be the ground. The brown will be the tail and brake...test each with the test light. If you cant find the power on each go toward the front end of the truck checking. If you have a trailor hitch wire test the plug. Sometimes the plug shorts. This is some of the problem areas. Sometimes it is real nasty finding the problem.
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Have you check the relay (VSES/STOP)
SOURCE: brake light failure ford galaxy
take the wires off the switches on the pedal and touch together if the lights come on the switch is faulty
SOURCE: 98 gmc suburban brake lights
One of two things cause this corroded or poor chassis earth at the bulb holders or the circuit board that holds the bulb is faulty.
SOURCE: brake lights don't come on. checked fuse box,
look up above your brake pedal and you will see the switch.. It will either between the firewall and the pedal arm (switch moves in when you brake).. Or it will be between the pedal arm and the dash (switch moves out when you brake)
SOURCE: Brake lights don't work. Replaced bulbs, checked
Yes, you need to of course check the voltage coming into and going out of the brake light switch, if 12 Volts are there going out and coming in while pressing on the brake pedal, your brake lights aren't getting a good ground or there is a break in the circuit between that switch & the lights.
On occasion the tail lights will work with a weak ground circuit where the Brake lights won't. Best way to determine this is to just hook up the 12 volt tester to the Brake light hot wire & there at the bulb ground, then in an area away from the bulb that has a good possibility of contact/ground.
Really that's it, if the 12Volts is getting to the bulb but it isn't lighting, if you aren't getting the voltage there and the brake switch is hot on both sides when pressed, the break in voltage will have to be traced from that switch to the tail light to find the problem.
good luck.
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