Brake Light Not Working ?

**Giraffe** · 29-05-2010 06:50 PM

hey guys my brake lights don't work when i brake, but the 3rd brake light works ? S:
but when i turn the headlights on the lights show up, but when i brake it won't show up..
i was thinking it might be a fuse, or the bulbs but the bulbs don't randomly not work at the same time..

**riruiz_88** · 29-05-2010 08:31 PM

there are 2 filaments in each globe. the one for the brake light must be blown. have a look at the globe as check for brown patches on the glass and a brocken filament.

**m3ntAL_l2** · 29-05-2010 08:45 PM

as said above check the bulb it self

shouldnt be the fuse as the parking light still works

**Giraffe** · 29-05-2010 09:40 PM

i checked the bulbs they looked fine, no brown patches.. i guess i should replace the bulb it self ? is it the first bulb, the inside bulb that were talking about ?

**m3ntAL_l2** · 29-05-2010 10:19 PM

when a bulb is blown it dosnt always have a brown patch, therefor u need to observe closely ensuring the filament is still in one piece/not broken

**grifty** · 29-05-2010 11:39 PM

replace the bulb and see what happens, there cheap anyways

**riruiz_88** · 30-05-2010 09:43 AM

they are cheap, but wouldnt it be better if you could understand why it isnt working rather than just going to buy a new bulb not knowing if it will fix the problem?

**grifty** · 30-05-2010 09:50 AM

if they dont work after being replaced then its time to check the fuses

**Lukey** · 30-05-2010 01:23 PM

then you will have extra bulbs for future use

**Giraffe** · 30-05-2010 01:41 PM

wait so ... which bulb do i change, is it the inner bulb where the white section of the tail lights are ? cause is it diffrent when the headlights on are is it the same ? sorry for the noob question because i don't really take notice of which one it is.. so is there a diffrence of which section there is when the headlights are on and when the headlights are off..