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  • WTF, brake lights are lit when headlight are on!?!?!

    I almost got a ticket the other day for this:

    w/ my headlights off, everything is fine.

    w/ headlights on, the brake lights are on, so i have no rear turn signals and cars behind me cant tell when im braking.

    anyone have any idea?
    1999 White Ford SVT Lightning.<br /><br />Hoping to dyno @ 450hp/550tq by the end of \'04.

  • #2
    i have heard of cars computers doing weird stuff... windshield wipers and lights turning on spontaneously when their battery is going bad. also you make have an electrical short.
    1998 Onyx Black Camaro A4 2.75\" Custom Flomaster Catback, Removed Cat, MTI Lid, Jet Power Programmer, K&N air filter, 1LE aluminum driveshaft, maf screen removed.

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    • #3
      check to make sure you have the right bulbs in there... I had an 88 s-15 jimmy that did the same thing the previous owner had replaced the brake lights with the wrong bulbs I drove it for a few weeks before I noticed
      -Brad
      98 Firebird - gone from mod mode to keep it running and useable mode.
      2000 V-Star Custom 1100
      If all else fails use a bigger hammer!
      :rock:

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      • #4
        ACTUALLY...you might wanna check to see if the tailight sockets are burnt or melted. Its a common problem among the older firebirds and camaros. There was actually a bulletin about this at one time. Ive replaced a couple sets of sockets to correct incorrect lighting of tailights. Sometimes they just dim out. sometimes they dont work. Sometimes only half work. You're problem could be related. SOO check the sockets up close inside and out.
        2001 Black S10 Xtreme 4.3L A4<br />*RedLineVSix*<br />\"Throwin sparks, draggin frame\"

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        • #5
          Take the bulbs out, rotate 180* and reinstall. If you put them in 180* out, they will stay bright. Check that first...dual filament bulbs are weird like that. I had the same problems a few years back and found out it was wrong installation.
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          • #6
            probably u have the wrong light bulbs in there

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            • #7
              how long has this been going on? If it just started then it is prob the bulbs.
              94 3.4L A4 white t-tops<br />moroso cai<br />3\"hi-flow pacestter exhaust<br />b&m shift kit<br />catco cat<br />01 T/A rear w/ 3.73\'s and posi<br />1 pc aluminum ds<br />blacked out signals

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              • #8
                I the 3rd (high center) brakelight lit as well? I've seen people drive with their 3rd light lit a few times. I hate being behind them :mad:
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