brake light doesnt work with parking lights

[mellowout]

as the title says, one of my brake lights does not work when my parking lights/headlights are on. both of them illuminate perfectly fine without the parking or headlights on. ive tried sanding the ground and i even put a little dielectric grease on it. (the ground by the hatch mechanism)

any suggestions?

for reference... its the passenger side brake light that works when the parking lights are on... and it gets REALLY bright, while the others get more dim.

thanks for the help ahead of time!

[nascar24jd]

Re: brake light doesnt work with parking lights

One of your bulb sockets is bad. Common problem on these cars.

[95firebird3.4]

Re: brake light doesnt work with parking lights

One of your bulb sockets is bad. Common problem on these cars.

so how would he fix that? my car does the same thing

[mellowout]

Re: brake light doesnt work with parking lights

buy a new socket.... put it on... simple enough...

i appreciate the reply and i will try this out later

[95firebird3.4]

Re: brake light doesnt work with parking lights

so i can just go to auto zone and but a new socket?

[nascar24jd]

Re: brake light doesnt work with parking lights

No, they don't fit. You can get it from the dealer, or a junk yard. I bought a bunch of them from a junk yard and now I have spares for when the next one shorts out.

[95firebird3.4]

Re: brake light doesnt work with parking lights

but u have to cut the old ones off right this isnt a plug and play thing is it?

[Blizzard242]

Re: brake light doesnt work with parking lights

This is a pre 98 problem right? Cause I've had an 02 camaro for several years.. my brother had a 99fb and my other bro had a 98 camaro and sockets were never an issue.

Btw, to the OP.. just for ****s and giggles if you haven't tried it already.. try switching the bulbs around. It wouldn't hurt and it's free. The one that's lighting up could be a freak bulb.

[mellowout]

Re: brake light doesnt work with parking lights

its a 94 firebird... we switched around the bulbs to no avail.

still havent tried switching out the sockets yet though

it would be real nice if in our info on the side we could have what year make and model our car is.