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Rick Lisa Howe Posted on Aug 07, 2014
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Why will my Brake light not light?

I have a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am. When my lights are turned on, all my lights work. But when I apply the breaks my rear, riders side, brake lights do not light up. I replaced the bulbs and cleaned the connection. but didnt help. Why will they light but not brighten as brake is applied???? Please help

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  • dave horner Aug 13, 2014

    you may have a bad brake light switch, its located at the brake pedal. above where your foot goes. its an on and off switch.

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Make sure your useing the correct bulb and its pluged in the right way, if your sure of that, than check your ground a poor ground could do that, when there is a bad ground, it will travel thru the positive to find a ground maybe overloading it. There is a chanse it could be a bad break light switch. You can chk. that by applying the breaks for a little wile and let off and feel the switch and see if its excessively warm or hot.

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  • Posted on Mar 27, 2009

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Are you in a Northern Climate were road salt is used during winter? The emergency brake problems I have encountered tend to be due to rust and corrosion accumulating on the wires and metal pivot points that operate the brake via the emergency handle on the center console.

Get underneath the car (chock the wheels---ALL FOUR! with bricks or large chunks of wood---be sure the car is in PARK!) and find the wire that connects to the handle of the brake---follow it to the rear brakes, and you will see a split where it goes to the L and R sides via a sliding clasp of steel that looks like a C, and has wires running over the top, and to each rear brake.

At this point, grab the wire on one side of it and PULL HARD several times, slack between pulls. Do this for each side---that should release the assembly, and the shoes from holding the drum.

After you have done this, lubricate the pivot points and the wire connection to the brake handle with TRI-FLOW (NOT WD-40)or another teflon based lubricant.

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  • Posted on Jun 10, 2009

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2007 PONTIAC G6 CONVERT. BRAKE LIGHTS STAY ON WHILE DRIVING AND GO OFF WHEN PUT BRAKES ON, AND YOU CRUISE CONTROL WILL NOT WORK WHILE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON.

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  • Posted on Nov 28, 2009

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hey, ihad this problem with abx and trac off light on all the time even after having replaced the wheel bearing twiice. how i fixed it was to replace the wiring harness and poof issue resolved. a technical service bulletin is available for this issue

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