Re: Brake lights on 98 Honda Civic not working

"Seth" <seth_lerman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> <syclone98@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
> 
> 



Bet there is corrosion in the sockets or connectors.


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