by "Seth" <seth_lerman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 4, 2008 at 06:37 PM
<syclone98@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>I recently bought a 1998 Honda Civic DX and discovered that my brake
> lights are not working.
>
> I began troubleshooting the problem by first replacing the brake light
> switch (under the brake pedal) which didn't help and then replaced the
> third brake light bulb (which was burnt out) but that didn't help
> either.
>
> I then started looking at the brake light bulbs and discovered
> something a little odd. The actual brake light bulb has two filaments
> in it - the first is for the running lights and the second gets
> illuminated when the brake pedal is pressed. What's happening with my
> car is that if the headlights are on, both filaments are lit for some
> unknown reason. I should add that the turn signals still work so I
> know that there is power in the circuit.
>
> Any ideas or suggestions on where I should look to fix the problem?
You have a grounding issue. Both filaments are on when the running lights
are on because the running light filament is getting grounded through the
other filament.
Fix the ground issue and both should work as they should.
