'97 nissan altima, brake lights not working, wire

#1 check bulbs and sockets #2 check the switch located under the brake pedal to ensure it is being activated (and has not come unplugged) when pedal is pressed. This switch may be faulty (if its not the one you mentioned above).

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Check bulbs. If the fuse was out none of the 3 would work. Either a bulb or wiring issue.

I saw two fuse boxes, one appears to be close to battery and interior fuse box.
As far as the interior fuse box, I'd look along lower edge of dash. Sometimes the fuse is located on the end of dash, have to open door to see it.
Do you want a wiring diagram for brake lites?

Is it the same amount of wires ? Is the plug the same?Take a circut tester and determine which is common and which is ground and connect accordingly

You could potentially short circuit something, but most likely if it's wrong you'd blow a fuse. Google 95 Altima distributor connector and see if a picture shows the wire colors, and plug them back in matching the picture, or check ebay/amazon for a new one. Could be called Distributor connector, distributor wiring harness, distributor pigtail, distributor electrical connection, ect.

First check fuses. Also if you have installed an aftermarket cd player recheck your wiring, i had this same problem about 10 yrs ago just can't remember exactly what it was.

Either the breaklight switch under dash is bad or its out of ajustment.

Check your brake fluid level in the engine compartment. Its located on the rear RH side of the engine compartment, its a white/clear resevoir connecting to a large black circular object. If the fluid is low, fill to proper level, also I would recommend having your brake system checked as there may be a leak. If the fluid is fine and at the proper level, you may have a damaged/broken brake fluid level sensor or damaged/broken Emergency brake switch. Hopefully this helps....please rate thanks!!

look for a short in the wires. If you have done all of that this can be the only thing that would keep you lights from working. Take the wires leading from the break lights and follow them to see if you have a break in the wire and if so un hanes the wires from both ends and replace them. I hope this helps.