Thread: Brake light problems.

use contact cleaner to clean the contacts on the bulb and socket. I would also hit the harness connector going to the lights. Had the same issue and that fixed mine.

Will try that tonight, thanks brother!

Unfortunately the contact cleaner, didn't work for me.

I'm puzzled at what this could be.

Anymore ideas?

Sometimes you really need to hit the contacts with some sand paper or something to clean them up good if they are corroded. If they are not corroded, you need to trace the problem from the socket back to the source. Multimeter + FSM = your friend.

^^^^ this. also make sure the contacts in the socket are not melted. I had to replace one of my sockets due to this happening. As ben stated you may need to file or sand the contacts. I used deoxit which takes everything off with a cue tip.

Thanks guys, I'll check out the sockets. If I find the sockets are clean, do I just use a multimeter to check continuity, or what?

you will want to check point to point resistance. If the harness is good it will have low resistance.

Thanks man, I think I'm going to do some searching on here and google to educate myself a little further. So I actually get some usable results.

Other people on the forum think it's the Brake light switch above the pedal going out..

that would not cause one side to be brighter than the other.