No Brake Lights?FIXED!, Every other light is functioning properly. Options

[Vysoc]

Hello,

Just enjoying the PreSuper Bowl when I noticed my brake lights were not lighting up?
The rear running lights light up when the lights come on, the turn signals work, the hazards work, the fogs work, The back-up light works.
I checked the fuses all good, I checked the bulbs all good.
I looked at the connections at the rear lights and good on both sides.
I checked under the pedals and the wires are connected to the brake sensor or sending unit. Could the sending unit at the brake pedal maybe have gone bad or is there a relay or something I am missing?


Thanks,

Vysoc (IMG:style_emoticons/default/flag.gif)

[r_towle]

Bad grounds and possibly corrosion inside the bulb socket.

Brake lights draw more electricity, so bad grounds will show up faster then with tail lights....

Get a multimeter out back test all the connections inside the trunk on the back of the tail light. See if you have power when the brake is applied, use a stick under the seat to hold the brake on while you test.....take two minutes to make one, and less pain than your wife coming out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I had to ream out all my tail lights with a Dremel mounted with a small wire brush....all of the inside (grounds) were corroded enough to have weird issues.

Cleaned all of them, applied dielectric grease to each one, all over the inside.....never had and issue since.

It's a 40 year old socket that has never been cleaned...