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Question: why does my brake light not work.

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Visitor, San Antonio, TX, August 13, 2011, 18:26

I changed the bulbs, and checked the fuses and changed the brake light switch

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    patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, August 13, 2011, 19:21
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    Use a volt meter look for power at the brake light switch. It's easy to damage the switch installing it. One wire (key on or engine running should have power another wire should have power with the brake pedal depressed.

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