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07-11-2017, 07:29 PM | #1 |
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Broken Third Brake Light.
To begin with sorry if this should be in a different section didn't know where else to put it. My third brake light is out. Both tail lights work great but the 3rd won't come on. My OEM one worked fine. I switched to a smoked LED which worked for a few weeks then stoppped. Took the harness off tried to clean it and untangle any wires and it still didn't come on. However the trunk bulb still worked so it was getting power. I got fed up and switched over to a used oem piece. This one won't come on either although the trunk bulb works still. Any ideas on what my problem is? Thanks.
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07-11-2017, 11:42 PM | #2 |
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Are you getting power at the connector? Have you checked the fuses?
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07-12-2017, 07:40 AM | #3 |
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Re: Broken Third Brake Light.
I don't know anything about the fuses so I haven't looked at them yet. As for the connector, if my trunk bulb is working then wouldn't I be receiving power since all 5 bulbs from the third brake light operate off the same power supply?
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07-12-2017, 01:31 PM | #6 |
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Re: Broken Third Brake Light.
I guess I'm baffled as to why it won't work. Is there a possibility I have a bad fuse? Or maybe a splice is damaged? How hard is the electrical on these cars?
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Re: Broken Third Brake Light.
You need some kind of meter. Even a Harbor Freight special would work. Unplug the light and stick the leads in the plug that's on the car side of the harness. Then have someone step on the brake. You should see 12vdc. Give or a take a half a volt or so. If you do, then something is up with the lights you have. Check the pins to make sure they're not pushed back into the plastic housing.
If there is no voltage check the fuses. I'm not sure if that fuse would be under the dash or under the hood. The manual should tell you that. If the other brake lights are working I'm going to guess your LED light blew the fuse. https://www.harborfreight.com/7-func...ter-98025.html
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07-12-2017, 05:16 PM | #9 |
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Re: Broken Third Brake Light.
When you unplug the connector for the light look inside the plug itself. You'll see metal pins inside there. That's where you want to touch the leads to.
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