Brake light problem [Archive]

Baopham

25-01-2005, 11:38 PM

hey fellas,

got a serious problem here, my brake lights on my EG civic sedan aitn working... when i turn on my headlights the tail lights turn on, but if i hit the brake, my brake light does not go on and my tail lights do not get brighter... so, in the day time, i have no brake lights !!! ive checked all bulbs and they are fine... what could be the problem? i tried to check fuses but i have no idea what fuse to check... but they all seem to be fine..

need help on this asap guys!!

thanks in advance

jackosimm

25-01-2005, 11:46 PM

im no electrical guru, but how do the wires look?

civiceg9

26-01-2005, 12:24 AM

are you bulbs black? try to get a new bulb from somewhere and try it again.
otherwise it sounds u have a relay problem.

Baopham

26-01-2005, 01:14 AM

my bulbs are fine man... they all work... i kno this from when i turn on my headlights... is there like nething connected to the brake to make the lights shine brighter?

aimre

26-01-2005, 01:14 AM

lol... u know ur ment to use hand signals now :) :p

rly1

26-01-2005, 01:18 AM

the bulb for the brake is divided into two parts, one that shines which ur beam on and one that shines when u press the brake, take the bulb out and observe it, u'll see what i mean

Baopham

26-01-2005, 10:14 AM

ok ill check and get back to u... any other resolutions??

bubblecivic

26-01-2005, 03:10 PM

read the fuse label and look for the brake light one/rear lights or something...

check the fuse other just remove all and see which ones busted haha

Baopham

29-01-2005, 06:20 PM

hmm ok.. any other ideas?

JR Performance

29-01-2005, 07:07 PM

Change the bulbs and see what happens because 99.9% of the time this is the problem. The other thing it could be is the activator switch on the brake pedal. This may be faulty so when you press the brake the switch is not activating, giving no brake lights.

Hope this helps.

ECU-MAN

29-01-2005, 08:38 PM

your bulb could still be at fault. if on one of them the tail light filament is touching the brake light filament then power could be driven to the brake light circuit.

aslo sound slike your brake light switch/fuse could be faulty.

StOo

30-01-2005, 10:02 AM

I reckon you've got single filament bulbs in there. Did you get them from SuperCheap, cause if I remember correctly, they don't stock dual filament bulbs.

Baopham

30-01-2005, 01:54 PM

ok thanks for that guys