kukicl300

Has This Happened To Anyone? My Brake Light Doesnt Turn On, Which I Thought Nothing Off, Thinking I Just Needed To Replace The Bulb, But I Have And The Brake Light Still Does Not Turn On, What Could It Be?

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Do you have a spoiler? If you do, then the wiring doesn't hook up to the 3rd brake light, or is this one of your brake lights in the tails?

kukicl300

Its My Tail Light And I Dont Have A Spoiler So Any Solutions?

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Is your brake light bulb indicator on your gauges lit?

Could be a loose wire, or your brake switch under the pedal could be stuck, but that would cause both, not just one side.

saiko_cl_duck

loose/bad wiring or a bad bulb.

kukicl300

Yea The Light On The Guage Is Lit, A Lose Wire? How Do I Check That?

kukicl300

WELL I TRIED 2 DIFFERENT BRAND NEW BULBS AND STILL NOTHING SO THATS HOW I KNOW ITS NOT THE BULB

saiko_cl_duck

woah, easy on the cap lock boss.

Well, you've narrowed it down to wiring then.

Break out the multimeter.

You're gonna have to search for the wiring diagram and shoot the wires going to that brake light.

But first, look around the inside of your trunk where the wiring for that light is. If wiring is going to break, it's usually inside the area that gets the most vibration/ movement, and for the brake lights, that's the trunk. Look at the connector too, see if the pins inside look bent or uneven in any way.

kukicl300

do you mean a test light?

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

You could use a test light on the socket to see if you get power from the brake light, then check the socket and the wires, if it's just the one socket, then you have bad wiring or bad socket

subbuzz

is it one or both? also the new bulbs your using,do they have 1 or 2 contacts on the bottom?

kukicl300

the bulbs have two contacts, why? and its just one side, one bulb

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

They have 2 contacts, cuz they're dual filament

Nhatv6

there is two thing, one is the wire and two it the fuse, because before i play around with my lexus and up mess up the light, i thouht the same thing just need to replace a light, but it turn out i blow up the fuse which only cause 1 dollar to replace. get those tool where it tell you if electricity is going to the load.

kukicl300

thanks, im gonna try the fuse first and take it from there, i hope it 'z just the fuse since it is cheap

black_on_ack

hey, goddam wiring probs, i blame the british...anyway, im thinking you need a sub-harness(aka socket, i guess) back there, that was my remedy when mine was eating bulbs every second day

good luck bro-sef

5-speed

make sure youre replacing the right bulb. it sounds dumb, but hey... there are 3 or 4 different sockets there, i think its the top one, if that makes sense. i believe its the 2057 bulb.

kukicl300

thanks for the help, but some how i fixed the situation, my friend came over and started messing with the cables and we put another new bulb and WALAHHHHH...... dont know exactly how but it works!!!!!!!!!

97BlackAckCL

iTrader: (6)

Glad u fixed it, I had a problem with water in the bulb socket, but sounds like u just had a loose wire. Glad it was an easy fix.

kukicl300

thankz me too

Danil ACE

Just thought I'd say that my on my cl, both the 3rd brake light and the spoiler light work

Oh and just got back from helping rebuild New Orleans as well partying at MARDI GRAS!