My brake lights on my 91 Honda accord will not work. Blinkers, headlights, running lights, and back up lights all Work, but the brake lights don't. Ive changed the fuse, relay, bulbs, and switch and they...
no one? any ASE mech can, for sure, and blindfolded.
the reason you can;t is because you dont have a $20 voltmeter.
btw 2 , some cars have hacking to this circuit, trailers attached?
collision damage.
and yes, wires to fail, not just rare at all.
lets pay a game, you go to walfart buy DMM
and go home, and set it to 20vdc range.
and measure voltage to the brake switch, its 12v, may need key on to do that.
then step on brake, the output of the switch goes to;;;
examples. input to switch 12v brake on, all the time. braking or not.
step on brake reads..
1: 0v, switch bad, or gross short close by.
2: 1 to 8v> reads too low, short in harness or 1 lamp shorted.
3: 12v, (battery is at 12.5 ) normal wire drop is 0.5v on all cars.
if 12v here, then wires are cut, to the lamps or all lamps are burned open. (not in yourcase, but to be accurate)
now at this moment you know what is bad.
if the input to the switch is not 12v that means you blew the fuse again,
the volt meter will not lie to you, and will show you the drop voltages.
a normal car will have 12v to each lamp. if not there is DROP.
called voltage drop.
do the tests, post the voltages and we can find it fast.
also skipping looking at both rear under finders for hacks is bad.
look, and behind the Tail lamp assemblies for hacks, or collision damage.
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