fatmanslim247

Went to go get my car tagged today and i found out my brake lights are not working at all... what could it be its plugged up and the fuse is good, plus the lights work when i have them on but no brake lights

I also keep blowing my windshield wiper fuse and my dash lights don't work... the dashlight fuse is good... i need some help big times... brings me down a bit when i finally get the damn thing running i run into all these other issues... give me some help please

~alex

rxtasy3

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i'd say brake light switch is bad.

fatmanslim247

i'll take a look at that when i get home tonight

mazdaverx713b

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when did you start blowing the fuse? usually when a fuse blows, something is grounded that shouldnt be, shorting that fuse out. as for the dash lights, check your dimmer switch. finally, the brake lights: check the stop light switch. follow the brake pedal's travel towards the firewall. the fedal comes in contact with the switch almost immediatly after you press the pedal down. test the switch.

fatmanslim247

i had it down for awhile working on it but i never messed with any of the grounds... im taking the look at the pedal tomorrow morning, and the dimmer switch is on so i dunno?

Kingbob

the dimmer switch is prone to failure on these cars. pull it and jumper together the two wires going into the switch. if there is more than two (memory is bad on this) then look at the FSM, or whip out your handy dandy multimeter.

[edit] I forgot to mention that this was a fix, or atleast a test, for the issue of the dashlights not working.

trochoid

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If the dimmer switch works, don't mess with it, they are easily prone to failure due to rotating the wheel past the stops, which snaps the fine wires in the switch.

I have had broken ones that were in both the full ilumination and no illumination postion and they caused no other electrical issues.

fatmanslim247

i'll take a look at that also